Nurse remanded over UK hospital deaths

A 27-year-old nurse charged in connection with the deaths of five hospital patients in the UK at the centre of a tampering probe was remanded in custody today.

Rebecca Leighton appeared at Manchester Magistrates Court where she was accused of three counts of criminal damage with intent to endanger life and three counts of criminal damage being reckless as to whether life was being endangered. She also faced a charge of stealing medicine from Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport, Greater Manchester.