CHARGED! Hospital Nurse Facing Six Counts of 'Criminal Intent to Endanger Life'
Byline: PAUL BYRNE
NURSE Rebecca Leighton was last night charged over the hospital insulin poison plot.
She was charged with six counts of causing damage with intent to danger life in connection with the deaths of five patients at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport.
Leighton, 27, was arrested on Wednesday at the flat she shares with her boyfriend a mile from Stepping Hill. Detectives had until 9pm last night to question her before having to apply for a further extension.
It was also revealed last night the probe will investigate all the patients who died at the hospital in the past fortnight.
Police were called after 36 plastic …
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Article title: CHARGED! Hospital Nurse Facing Six Counts of 'Criminal Intent to Endanger Life'.
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Newspaper title: The Mirror (London, England).
Publication date: July 23, 2011.
Page number: 23.
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