German nurse on trial in relation to 29 patient deaths

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.

Stephan Letter, 27, could face life in prison if the Bavarian state court in Kempten convicts him on 16 counts of murder, 12 of manslaughter and one of mercy killing.