A German nurse has been jailed for life for murdering five patients at a top Berlin hospital with overdoses of medication.

A nurse was yesterday convicted of killing 28 of his patients at a hospital in southern Germany and sentenced to life in prison.

A nurse was today convicted of killing 28 of his patients at a hospital in southern Germany and sentenced to life in prison.

A nurse facing murder and manslaughter charges went on trial today over the deaths of 29 patients in what has been described as the biggest series of killings in Germany since the end of the Second World War.

A nurse faces murder and manslaughter charges as he goes on trial this week over the deaths of 29 patients in what has been described as the biggest series of killings in post-Second World War Germany.