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In 1991 newly qualified nurse Beverley Allitt murdered four children at Grantham & District Hospital. In a case unheard of in the UK she purposely set about attacking those in her care. Crimes That Shook Britain: Beverley Allitt s/a Real Crime, CI 2008
In the space of seven weeks eight children have suspiciously collapsed on Ward IV ... Three more boys have suspiciously collapsed; all had been admitted with minor complaints. ibid.
After weeks of detective work they now have their culprit. ibid.
She is given thirteen life sentences and shows no emotion and no remorse. ibid.
Beverley Allitt was a trusted children’s nurse; nobody knew that she stalked hospital wards with murder on her mind. Evil Up Close: Beverley Allitt: The Ward Assassin, 2012
Her attention-seeking behaviour is becoming more alarming ... Munchausen’s Syndrome. ibid.
As she grew older a menacing controlling nature emerged. ibid.
The judge passed thirteen life sentences. ibid.
In the previous four years they’d only been one or two deaths on that ward; we sadly had incidents – twenty-six incidents – in eight weeks where four people had died. Paul Jones, investigating rozzer
In 1991 a series of murders at a hospital in Lincolnshire would shock the world. No-one could believe that a nurse could kill four defenceless children and attempt to kill nine others. She would be known as the Angel of Death. But was Beverley Allitt born to kill? Born to Kill? The Angel of Death, Channel 5 2012
The young nurse Allitt was an angel ... and was always on hand to help with the tragic cases that Ward 4 was experiencing. However, when revealed, the truth behind the mysterious deaths would shock the world. ibid.
On 15th February 1993 the trial of the Crown versus Beverley Gail Allitt begins. ibid.
In April 1991: In just two months the health of thirteen children on Ward 4 had mysteriously deteriorated; four of them had died. Britain’s Most Evil Killers s1e12: Beverley Allitt s/a Beverley Allitt: Killer Women, Sky 2017
It was a case that shocked the world. ibid.
‘She was arrested and the house was searched’ … an allocations book … she was hiding the information from her colleagues. ibid.
She pleaded not guilty to all the charges against her … charged with the murder of four children and the attempted murder of a further nine. ibid.
This is the child-like voice of one of Britain’s most prolific serial killers. Now 25 years after I reported on her conviction, we are able to shed new light on the case of the killer nurse Beverley Allitt, the so-called Angel of Death. In 1991, 22-year-old Allitt murdered four children and attacked nine others in her care. Trevor McDonald and the Killer Nurse, ITV 2018
‘Someone was giving Paul insulin in big doses he didn’t need.’ ibid. investigating professor
Evidence suggested she suffocated some of her victims. ibid.
Beverley Allitt has been here at Rampton secure hospital for the best part of twenty-seven years, a patient not just a prisoner. But should she have been moved here in the first place? … Beverley Allitt was not deemed to be seriously mentally ill when she committed her crimes. ibid.
I’m really going to give a harmful drug to a tiny little helpless baby? The Beverley Allitt Tapes s1e1, Allitt interview, 2017
One name kept coming up – Nurse Beverley Allitt. ibid. rozzer
Everybody on the ward knows how much my nursing means to me. ibid. Allitt interview
She spent her time distancing herself from each incident. ibid. rozzer
She didn’t show any emotion as such. She was quite chatty. ibid.
She didn’t have the kind of background that we often associate with serial killers. The Beverley Allitt Tapes s1e2, expert
Oh, I’m just like any other nurse. ibid. Allitt
She had quite severe personality disorder. ibid. expert
In the interviews you can see her sticking to a script. ibid.
She was very crafty in blaming others … She liked to be the centre of attention. ibid. rozzer
I just can’t get it through to nobody. I am not bloody lying. ibid. Allitt
October 1991: Allitt charged with 4 counts or murder, 13 count of attempted murder and 13 counts of grievous bodily harm. ibid.
You tell me what I’m bloody doing to the children. I’m sticking to my story – I did not do it. The Beverley Allitt Tapes s1e3, Allitt
If it was given insulin … ibid.
When I find out who bloody did it … ibid.
May 22nd 1991: Following nine interviews in two days Allitt is released on bail. Police continue to collect evidence. ibid. caption
April 26th 1991: Dorothy Lowe injected with insulin at Lancaster House nursing home. ibid.
You’re smiling. Is it funny? ibid. rozzer to Allitt
Rozzer: Have you got any feelings for them at all?
Allitt: No comment. ibid.
Ward 4 at Grantham Hospital, the place where 4 young children died and 9 others mysteriously collapsed. Nurse Beverley Allitt is now Britain’s most lethal female killer. But the sheer horror of the deaths has masked one important question: could the hospital have done more to prevent this tragedy? World in Action: Murder … on Ward 4, ITV 1993
Babies and young children were collapsing on average once every forty-eight hours. They were poisoned, they were crushed, they were asphyxiated.