Patients Murdered By Stepping Hill Nurse

A Filipino nurse has been convicted of two counts of murder and attempted murder at a Greater Manchester Hospital.

10:15 19 May 2015

49-year-old Victorino Chua has been found guilty of killing Tracey Arden, 44, who had multiple sclerosis and Derek Weaver, 83, who was admitted due a chest infection at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport by injecting deadly levels of insulin into saline bags and ampoules. 

 

The father of two also left one with a serious brain injury. He was, however, found not guilty of the murder of 81-year-old Arnold Lancaster but convicted of poisoning him. Reports say that Chua showed no emotions when the verdicts were passed. 

 

The crimes were committed between June 2011 and January 2012. During the course of investigation, police discovered that Chua “changed tack” by sabotaging prescription charts, doubling and trebling dosages. 

 

Among the evidence presented in court was Chua’s confession letter where he said he was “an angel turned into an evil person” and “there’s a devil in me”, who had things he would “take to the grave.” 

One of the victims, Philip Jones, told the court: "He must have been stressed out or something.

"I think he must have been on some medication or something. I can't see the sense in anybody doing anything like that to any family."

 

Zubia Aslam, who survived her saline drip being contaminated, said: "At least someone has been brought to justice and it gives a little peace of mind - but it still feels as though there is a scar left after all of this, a scar which will fade with time but which will never go away.