Colin Norris
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Colin Norris is a Scottish convicted serial killer from the Milton area in Glasgow who was found guilty of murdering four elderly patients in hospital in Leeds, England.
Norris worked as a nurse in at Leeds General Infirmary and St James's Hospital and was convicted on 3 March, 2008 of the murder of four women, and the attempted murder of a fifth.[1] He was sentenced to life imprisonment, and ordered to serve a minimum term of 30 years in prison the following day.[2] Referred to in the British press as the "Angel of Death", Norris killed his victims by injecting them with high levels of insulin.[3]
References
- ^ "Nurse guilty of killing patients". BBC News. 2008-03-03. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
- ^ "Killer nurse must serve 30 years". BBC News. 2008-03-04. Retrieved 2008-03-04.
- ^ Tom Chivers (2008-03-03). "Colin Norris, 'Angel of Death' nurse, convicted". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
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