According to the official report, the defendant used an analgesic and a muscle relaxant that would have caused respiratory paralysis and the death of people in a few minutes.
The Prosecutor’s Office of Berlin He charged a doctor of palliative care, 40, for the alleged murder of 15 patients who would have administered a lethal mixture of medicines without their consent. The events would have occurred between September 2021 and July 2024.
According to the official report, the accused He used an analgesic and a muscle relaxant that would have caused respiratory paralysis and the death of the victims in a few minutes. None of the patients, according to research, gave their consent to receive this medication.
They accused a doctor in Berlin for the alleged murder of 15 patients: they administered medications without consent
The victims (12 women and 3 men) were between 25 and 94. While all crossed serious diseases, the Prosecutor clarified that none was in terminal state at the time of his death.
In addition to the alleged homicide of the patients, the doctor is also accused of having caused fires in the homes of at least five of his victims, with the apparent intention of destroying evidence. In one of the cases, after failing in his attempt to set fire to a house, he called a relative pretending to concern because “nobody attended the bell.”
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One of the most alarming episodes occurred on July 8, 2024, when he would have killed two people on the same day: first to a 75 -year -old man in Kreuzbergand later to a 76 -year -old woman in Neukoelln.
The suspect was arrested on August 6, 2024 and remains in custody. So far, he has not provided a statement about the accusations against him. His identity has not been disclosed, in accordance with the German data protection laws.
Initially, the doctor was investigated for four deaths linked to fires in patient homes during 2023. The authorities do not rule out that there are other victims unidentified so far.
The Prosecutor’s Office requested preventive detention and life disqualification to exercise medicine. It will also seek that the Court dictates a “especially serious guilt”, which would prevent the accused from accessing an eventual probation after serving 15 years of conviction, as provided by German criminal legislation.
According to the prosecutor’s spokesman, Sebastian Büchner, The accused would have acted “moved exclusively by the desire to kill.”
Source: Ambito
