The culture of death that assails Europe at this moment expresses itself in many ways – but increasingly targets the vulnerable, be it the unborn or the elderly.
Few things bring about more horror than the idea of a doctor, trained and entrusted with the life and the health of patients, engaging in criminal activities resulting in the purposeful death of people under their care.
And that’s what a German doctor who went on trial today in Berlin is accused of – murdering 15 of his patients who were under palliative care.
New York Post reported:
“The prosecutor’s office brought charges against the 40-year-old doctor ‘for 15 counts of murder with premeditated malice and other base motives’ before a Berlin state court. The prosecutor’s office is seeking not only a conviction and a finding of ‘particularly serious’ guilt, but also a lifetime-ban on practicing medicine and subsequent preventive detention.
Murder charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison. If a court establishes that the defendant bears particularly severe guilt, that means he wouldn’t be eligible for release after 15 years as is usually the case in Germany.”
German doctor charged with murdering 15 patients, but the grand total could be A LOT higherhttps://t.co/k9px81UrqE
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The victims’ ages ranged from 25 to 94, and mostly died in their own homes.
The doctor, only identified as Johannes M., is also being investigated for dozens of other suspected deaths.
In this trial, he is also accused of covering up evidence of the murders ‘by starting fires in the victims’ homes’.
He has been in prison since last August.
“The doctor was part of a nursing service’s end-of-life care team in the German capital and was initially suspected in the deaths of just four patients. That number has crept higher since last summer, and prosecutors are now accusing him of the deaths of 15 people between Sept. 22, 2021, and July 24 last year.
The doctor allegedly administered an anesthetic and a muscle relaxer to the patients without their knowledge or consent. The drug cocktail then allegedly paralyzed the respiratory muscles. Respiratory arrest and death followed within minutes, prosecutors said.”
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