'Angel of Death' nurse is charged with criminal damage...

[dutchman]

A nurse has been charged by police investigating the deaths of five patients at a Stockport hospital.



Rebecca Leighton, 27, is accused of six counts of causing damage with intent to endanger life or being reckless as to whether life was being endangered.

The Crown Prosecution Service she was alleged to have tampered with medical products, saline ampoules and saline bags at Stepping Hill Hospital.

Ms Leighton is due to appear before Manchester magistrates on Saturday.

The 27-year-old nurse, of Buxton Road, Heaviley, Stockport, also faces one count of theft of medicine from the hospital.

She was arrested on Wednesday by police investigating the deaths of Tracey Arden, 44, Arnold Lancaster, 71, George Keep, 84, Derek Weaver, 83, and Vera Pearson, 84.