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Germany's worst peacetime killer has been given a life sentence for murdering 85 patients while he was working as a nurse at two hospitals.
Niels Hogel, one of the most prolific serial killers in the world, injected drugs into patients to induce cardiac arrest, and then played the hero by appearing to struggle to revive them because he loved the attention it brought, prosecutors said.
The 42-year-old was originally accused of murdering 100 patients, and was already serving a life sentence for two killings when he was jailed for a further 85 on Thursday.
German officials believe Hogel - dubbed "Resuscitation Rambo" by his colleagues - may have killed as many as 300 patients.