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10/05/2006
Killer nurse handed 17 life sentences
A hospital nurse who murdered two patients to "satisfy his lust for excitement" has been given 17 life sentences.
Benjamin Geen, 25, was also convicted of causing grievous bodily harm to 15 other patients.
He was told that he will serve at least 30 years for the offences which were committed at Horton General Hospital in Oxfordshire between December 2003 and February 2004.
The court heard how Geen gave 17 victims injections of drugs such as muscle relaxants, insulin and sedatives in order to stop their breathing.
Although 15 of the patients were successfully resuscitated, two patients, David Onley and Anthony Bateman, died.
Suspicion fell on Geen for the abnormally high level of respiratory arrests at the hospital, incidents which took place while he was on duty.
The court heard how Geen appeared to look "elated" when his patients went into respiratory arrest and boasted to one doctor: "There is always a resuscitation when I'm on duty".
When Geen was arrested at the hospital in February 2004, he was found to be in possession of a syringe, containing a muscle relaxant.
At sentencing Mr Justice Crane described Geen's crimes as a "terrible betrayal".
He said: "It seemed that you relished the excitement of that feeling of taking control, but you must have known quite well that you were playing with their lives."
Geen's solicitor said that his client maintained that he was innocent and would appeal against his conviction.
(KMcA)
Benjamin Geen, 25, was also convicted of causing grievous bodily harm to 15 other patients.
He was told that he will serve at least 30 years for the offences which were committed at Horton General Hospital in Oxfordshire between December 2003 and February 2004.
The court heard how Geen gave 17 victims injections of drugs such as muscle relaxants, insulin and sedatives in order to stop their breathing.
Although 15 of the patients were successfully resuscitated, two patients, David Onley and Anthony Bateman, died.
Suspicion fell on Geen for the abnormally high level of respiratory arrests at the hospital, incidents which took place while he was on duty.
The court heard how Geen appeared to look "elated" when his patients went into respiratory arrest and boasted to one doctor: "There is always a resuscitation when I'm on duty".
When Geen was arrested at the hospital in February 2004, he was found to be in possession of a syringe, containing a muscle relaxant.
At sentencing Mr Justice Crane described Geen's crimes as a "terrible betrayal".
He said: "It seemed that you relished the excitement of that feeling of taking control, but you must have known quite well that you were playing with their lives."
Geen's solicitor said that his client maintained that he was innocent and would appeal against his conviction.
(KMcA)
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