Freed nurse had been ‘living in hell’

NURSE Rebecca Leighton said last night she had been “living in hell” after more than six weeks spent in custody accused of contaminating saline at a hospital at the centre of a tampering probe.

Prosecutors said it was “no longer appropriate” to continue proceedings against Ms Leighton, 27, whose alleged criminal damage had been linked to a number of unexplained deaths at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport.

Yesterday afternoon she left HMP Styal in Cheshire and went home to her parents, David and Lynda, after spending 45 days in custody following her arrest, initially on suspicion of murder.