India, Nov. 6 -- A palliative care nurse in Germany has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering 10 patients and attempting to kill 27 others in order to ease his workload during night shifts.

According to a report by the BBC, the nurse, whose identity has not been made public under German privacy laws, was convicted by a court in Aachen. The crimes took place between December 2023 and May 2024 at a hospital in Wuerselen, western Germany.

Prosecutors said the 44-year-old nurse injected mostly elderly and terminally ill patients with excessive doses of morphine and midazolam, a type of sedative, so he would not have to care for them through the night. They alleged he showed "irritation" and a lack of empathy to patients who require...