UK nurse sentenced to life in prison for killing 2 patients

Victorino Chua was found to have injected insulin into saline bags, confessed in a note: "There's a devil inside me"

May 19, 2015 06:22 pm | Updated 06:22 pm IST - LONDON

A nurse has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder and poisonings of patients at a British hospital.

Victorino Chua will have to serve at least 35 years before his release can be considered under the sentence handed down Tuesday.

Police found a confession note in which he wrote “there’s a devil in me.” The killings happened in 2011.

Chua was found to have injected insulin into saline bags and ampules. Other nurses who were not aware of the tampering then used them, leading to insulin overdoses.

Most of his victims recovered but two died and a third suffered a brain injury.

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