Nurse gets life sentence

A CRIMINAL court today sentenced a male nurse to life imprisonment for the murder of 22 people between 1995 and 2001.

Roger Andermatt, 36, killed his elderly victims - who were residents of care homes in central Switzerland - by using tranquilisers or by smothering them with a plastic bag or a cloth.

Andermatt was also found guilty of attempting to murder five more people. All of his victims were aged between 66 and 95.