OLDENBURG – A German nurse believed to be the most prolific serial killer in the country’s post-war history was handed a life sentence Thursday for killing 85 patients in his care.
Judge Sebastian Buehrmann called Niels Hegel’s killing spree “incomprehensible”. The 42-year-old murdered patients selected at random with lethal injections between 2000 and 2005 until he was caught in the act.
