A British court convicted a nurse on multiple counts of murder and attempted murder by poison.
Victorino Chua, 49, contaminated healthcare products that were later administered to patients on the acute treatment wards on which he worked at Stepping Hill hospital in Stockport, Greater Manchester, in July 2011.
The insulin caused those affected to suffer hypoglycaemia, or a dangerous drop in blood sugar levels, killing two patients and leaving a third with a serious brain injury.
Chua also altered patients' medical notes to increase their dosage of drugs.
Another Gothic angle appears in what might by Chua's confession:
After his arrest, police found a letter in his house in which he wrote: "I'm a nice person but there (is) a devil in me ... I'm evil at the same time angel. The bitter nurse confession."
(thanks to Todd Bryant)
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