Berlin court sentences a doctor to life for murdering 15 patients under palliative care
Summary
A Berlin court sentenced a doctor to life in prison for killing 15 patients who were under palliative care. The doctor gave lethal drugs without the patients' consent and tried to hide the crimes by setting fire to victims’ homes.Key Facts
- The doctor, named only as Johannes M. due to privacy laws, was convicted of murdering 15 patients between September 2021 and July 2024.
- He worked in end-of-life care and administered a deadly mix of drugs that paralyzed patients' breathing muscles, causing death.
- Victims were aged 25 to 94 and mostly died at home.
- The court agreed with prosecutors to impose a life sentence and ban him from practicing medicine for life.
- The doctor confessed to killing 12 seriously ill patients and said he believed he was easing their suffering.
- Police initially investigated 395 suspected cases; 95 were confirmed, and 76 cases remain under investigation.
- The doctor was arrested in August 2024; the trial started in July 2024 and ended in January 2025.
- In 2019, a German nurse was also sentenced to life for killing 87 patients.
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