Defendant accused of using deadly cocktail of drugs and of setting fire to many victims’ homes to cover up evidence

Hearings have begun in the Berlin trial of a German palliative doctor accused of murdering 15 patients in his care using a deadly cocktail of sedatives and setting fire to many of their homes to try to cover up his crimes.

Prosecutors have charged the 40-year-old defendant with 15 counts of “murder with premeditated malice and other base motives” and are seeking a life sentence, which in Germany usually amounts to 15 years in prison.

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