Trial of nurse, suspected of killing six patients, begins

The trial of Věra Marešová, a former nurse charged with killing six patients in her care at a hospital in Rumburk, began on Monday. The case was initially reported as a possible mercy killing of an elderly woman before additional suspicious deaths emerged. According to the prosecution,cited by the Czech News Agency, the nurse injected six patients with potassium in the years 2010 to 2014, leading to their deaths. Her alleged victims were five women and one man, between the ages of 35 to 85. The suspect has maintained she is innocent; if found guilty, she could be given a life sentence.

Author: Jan Velinger