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Nurse charged with string of insulin poisonings stands trial

A nurse has been accused of contaminating saline drips and ampules routinely used to treat patients on two wards at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport with insulin.

Victorino Chua, aged 49, is on trial at Manchester Crown Court facing 36 charges relating to 21 patients, including three counts of murder. The offences are alleged to have happened at Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport, in 2011 and 2012.

The trial continues.

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Nurse accused of murdering three patients with insulin

A hospital nurse went on trial today accused of murdering three patients by poisoning them with insulin.

Victorino Chua is said to have injured 18 others by deliberately contaminating their saline drips and ampoules at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport.

ITV News correspondent Martin Geissler was in court.

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