A German nurse was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for the 'incomprehensible' murders of at least 85 of his former patients.
began against Niels Högel, a 42-year-old nurse from northern Germany, in October 2018. He was accused of giving his victims high doses of lethal substances in order to create a life-threatening scenario where he could use his resuscitation skills to impress colleagues., his colleagues called him"Resuscitation Rambo." Högel was charged with killing 100, but was acquitted in 15 cases on Thursday based on lack of evidence and was handed a sentence of life in prison.
"Your guilt is so large that one can't explain it," judge Sebastian Bührmann told Högelduring sentencing, according to Times."It is so large, you can't show it." Bührmann added that the scale of his crimes was"incomprehensible." Niels Högel, accused of murdering 100 patients, is sitting in the courtroom. The public prosecutor's office has accused former nurse Högel of murdering 100 patients at the clinics in Delmenhorst and Oldenburg. She accuses him of injecting his victims to death with various medications.The judge also criticized hospital staff for"collective amnesia" during Högel's killing spree, CNN said.
"I would like to sincerely apologize for what I have done to each and every one of you," Högel told the court.after the hearing that it is believed that Högel murdered more than 300 people, and said his convictions in court were not sufficient given the scale of his crimes. "That's not sufficient to us, because we know that there is a tragedy behind every single crime, every destiny."
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