Murder or medical mix-up? New questions in the case of killer nurse Colin Norris
The test results seemed conclusive - she had a massive amount of insulin in her blood. She died 21 days later, sparking a murder investigation.A nurse who had been on shift on the night Ethel was found told the police that Norris had predicted the 86-year-old might not last the night. He's got the knowledge to commit murder but do it discreetly."Killer on the wardConvicted nurse Colin Norris has spent 18 years behind bars.
- ▪The test results seemed conclusive - she had a massive amount of insulin in her blood.
- ▪She died 21 days later, sparking a murder investigation.A nurse who had been on shift on the night Ethel was found told the police that Norris had predicted the 86-year-old might not last the night.
- ▪He's got the knowledge to commit murder but do it discreetly."Killer on the wardConvicted nurse Colin Norris has spent 18 years behind bars.
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Murder or medical mix-up? New questions in the case of killer nurse Colin NorrisImage source, PA MediaImage caption, Colin Norris has been in prison for 18 yearsByLouise ShorterBBC Disclosure InvestigatesPublished6 minutes agoFor two decades, Ethel Hall's family believed that staff nurse Colin Norris murdered the 86-year-old by injecting her with insulin while she recovered from a broken hip in a Leeds hospital.After his latest appeal against conviction, some members of Ethel's family are having doubts."The evidence, it's just not sitting right to me," daughter-in-law Helen Hall told a new BBC podcast, Disclosure Investigates: Killer on the Ward.Norris was convicted in 2008 of killing Ethel and three other elderly patients as well as attempting to murder a fifth.The Court of Appeal…
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