The 32-year-old, from Egilsay Terrace, Glasgow, showed no emotion as he was convicted of four counts of murder and one of attempted murder at Newcastle Crown Court. McTavish, now known as Jessie Gordon, is believed to have been the inspiration for serial killer nurse Colin Norris. Taking account of the shifting numbers and using more appropriate statistical methods reduced the odds from 1 in 342 million to 1 in 48. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience – the local community.

A recent change in the 'double jeopardy' rule however, means that some acquittals can now be revisited. When he came back he had deteriorated so much we still couldn’t handle him and the condition of his body was awful to see. Detectives checked the medical records of other patients who had died after slipping into comas when Norris was on duty. Where there is any apparent injustice – especially if it has a political context – that this is openly examined and debated.The press and public quickly develop a morbid fascination with the motives and behaviour of the accused doctor or nurse, possibly in an effort to try to better understand why they have committed what seems to be a gross breach of their instincts and training. McTavish was tried in 1974 for the murder of an 80-year-old patient, Elizabeth Lyon [4] [5] and assaulting three other patients by giving them illegal injections. In 1999, she received an honorary degree from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario (from which she had graduated with a Bachelor of Nursing Science degree in 1978) for her work in promoting integrity in the nursing field. So I really do get why the doctors, consultants and coroner would try their best to avoid it if they could. After a protracted defamation battle against the General Medical Council UK, her concerns – first ignored – were revealed to have been well founded.

Staff nurse Colin Norris will today be jailed for life after he gave lethal doses of the diabetes drug insulin to four vulnerable pensioners, who were receiving treatment at two Leeds hospitals in 2002 for hip injuries. He painted a number of portraits of children and scenes depicting children at play, including one of his best known paintings, ‘The Joy of Summer’.Upon leaving the group Jesse has collaborated and consulted for projects in the hospitality industry. I would support the implementation of a fail-safe system where every death has to be signed off, particularly where the elderly person has no relatives to protect them. She was released on appeal in 1975, despite three appeal court judges saying there was ample evidence to support the conviction, as the trial judge had inadvertently misled the jury in his final summary. Review our guidance pages which explain how you can reuse images, how to credit an image and how to find images in the public domain or with a Creative Commons licence available. After a few years developing the ethos and forming amazing relationships with farmers and suppliers, Jesse set out the platform that would launch this idea.