Berlin court sentences palliative care doctor to life imprisonment for murdering 15 patients.
A Berlin court convicted a 41-year-old palliative care doctor, identified as Johannes M., of murdering 12 women and three men between September 2021 and July 2024 by administering lethal drug mixtures during home visits. The court sentenced him to life in prison with preventive detention and a lifetime ban from practicing medicine. Prosecutors are investigating dozens of additional suspected killings.
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The judge called him a "serial killer" with a "lust for murder"; the doctor claimed he acted to "spare them suffering". Wires focused on the conviction while others emphasized the dozens of additional cases under investigation.
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“Doctor with "lust for murder" convicted in deaths of 15 patients in Germany, sentenced to life in prison”CBS CBS News LEFT-CENTER
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“Germany news: Verdict due in Berlin doctor murder trial” · Deutsche Welle, BBC, AP News, South China Morning Post
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