Overview
- The regional court in Essen is set to deliver a verdict in the case of a 32-year-old nurse accused of assaulting unconscious patients at University Hospital Essen.
- Prosecutors say six violent attacks are at issue and are asking for a long prison term with a permanent bar from the nursing profession.
- The defendant admitted the acts with one exception and otherwise stayed silent during the proceedings.
- Investigators say he recorded some assaults in photos and videos and sent the files to a 30-year-old acquaintance who did not alert police and is now a co-defendant.
- A survivor who was in a coma after a lung transplant wrote that she still suffers panic attacks, depression, and nightmares and urged the court to ensure he is never released.