Prosecutors expect to charge German nurse with more killings

 

August 30, 2017



BERLIN (AP) — German officials expect to bring new charges against a nurse already serving a life sentence for two murders after determining that he might have killed another 84 patients, if not more, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

Oldenburg state prosecutor Martin Koziolek said he expected his office would be bringing more charges by early 2018 against inmate Niels Hoegel, who gave patients overdoses of heart medication and other drugs because he enjoyed the feeling of being able to resuscitate them.

Additional convictions could affect Hoegel's possibility of parole, but there are no consecutive...



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