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| A nurse who murdered four elderly hospital patients has been ordered to serve at least 30 years in prison. | A nurse who murdered four elderly hospital patients has been ordered to serve at least 30 years in prison. |
| Colin Norris, 32, from Egilsay Terrace, Glasgow, denied killing the women with insulin at two Leeds hospitals in 2002. | Colin Norris, 32, from Egilsay Terrace, Glasgow, denied killing the women with insulin at two Leeds hospitals in 2002. |
| He was convicted on Monday at Newcastle Crown Court and was also found guilty of attempting to murder another woman. | He was convicted on Monday at Newcastle Crown Court and was also found guilty of attempting to murder another woman. |
| Jailing him for life, Mr Justice Griffith Williams said: "You are, I have absolutely no doubt, a thoroughly evil and dangerous man." | Jailing him for life, Mr Justice Griffith Williams said: "You are, I have absolutely no doubt, a thoroughly evil and dangerous man." |
| Detectives said he showed no remorse for killing Doris Ludlam, 80, Bridget Bourke, 88, Irene Crookes, 79, and Ethel Hall, 86, while he worked at the Leeds General Infirmary and the city's St James's Hospital. | |
| He also tried to kill Vera Wilby, 90, but she survived the coma which followed the unnecessary insulin injection. | He also tried to kill Vera Wilby, 90, but she survived the coma which followed the unnecessary insulin injection. |
| He was sentenced to a minimum of 20 years in jai for that crime to run concurrently with the life sentence. | |
| Doctor's vigilance | |
| Police began an investigation after Dr Emma Ward noticed in November 2002 that Mrs Hall had slipped into a hypoglycaemic coma despite not being a diabetic. | |
| Blood tests showed she had insulin levels 12 times the norm. She died three weeks later. | |
| Detectives looked at other deaths on the wards when Norris was working and found evidence that by the time Dr Ward raised her concerns, he had already killed three times and failed with one attempt. | |
| Det Ch Supt Chris Gregg, of West Yorkshire Police, said Norris had been growing in confidence and only the vigilance of Dr Ward prevented his six-month murder spree from continuing. | |
| The nearest the prosecution came to outlining a motive was to suggest that Norris disliked working with the elderly. | |
| All his victims were frail after suffering from hip problems. |