Berlin court sentences ‘serial killer’ doctor to life in prison for 15 murders
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A German doctor in Berlin was sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering 15 patients with lethal sedatives, with investigations ongoing into additional killings. The court suspects the convicted individual may be responsible for many more deaths over recent years.
A German palliative care doctor was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for murdering 15 people with lethal doses of sedatives, and he remains under investigation for dozens more killings. The court in Berlin convicted the 41-year-old of killing 12 women and three men during home visits between September 2021 and July 2024. But presiding judge Sylvia Busch said the conviction for 15 murders may well be only a glimpse of his many crimes. Prosecutors said during the proceedings that he was...