MANCHESTER – A 27-year-old nurse has been charged in connection with the deaths of five patients at a hospital at the centre of a tampering probe.
Rebecca Leighton is accused of six counts of causing damage with intent to endanger life or being reckless as to whether life is being endangered.
A police spokesman said: “A woman arrested by detectives investigating five deaths at Stepping Hill hospital has been charged.
“Rebecca Jane Leighton, of Buxton Road, Heaviley, is charged with six counts under section one of the criminal damage act, causing damage with intent to endanger life or being reckless to whether life is being endangered. – (PA)