Police to ask prosecutor to file six charges of murder against former nurse

The police are preparing to ask the state prosecutor to file murder charges against former nurse Věra Marešová over the deaths of six patients at a hospital in the small North Bohemian town of Rumburk. Investigators had been looking into 11 deaths at the facility. It was reported in September last year that the nurse may have committed a mercy killing by giving an elderly patient an overdose of potassium, sparking a debate on euthenasia. However, that theory was soon ruled out and the investigation was widened.