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Kill Total: |
4+ |
Kill place: |
Linconshire |
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Kill date: |
various |
Victim(s): |
Liam Taylor
Timothy Hardwick
Becky Phillips Claire Peck. |
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Date of Birth: |
4 October 1968 |
Marital Status: |
Single |
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AKA: |
Killer Nurse
Angel of Death |
Occupation: |
Nurse |
Beverly Allitt was a
nurse suffering from the mental health illness known as
Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy (a desire to kill or injure
to get attention).
She was given 13 life sentences at Nottingham crown court
in 1993 after being convicted of murdering four children
and attacking nine others. Her arrest followed an
investigation into several incidents of alleged tampering
with patients' ventilators and pumps delivering
intravenous medication at various hospitals in
Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire.
The nurse is now
detained in Rampton Maximum Security Hospital for the
criminally insane. It is unlikely that she will ever get
out, but if she does relatives of the dead children have
promised to kill her. Public reaction to the case was
particularly hostile, as, being a nurse, she was obviously
in a position of trust and in charge of caring for
children. Although no further investigations are ongoing,
it is not known if Allitt had killed more of her patients
in the past.
UPDATE DECEMBER 2007
Beverly Allitt, has had her minimum prison tariff fixed at
30 years.
The High Court ruled that Allitt, dubbed the "Angel of
Death", would serve 30 years, as recommended by her trial
judge and the Lord Chief Justice
The judge fixed her minimum term at 28 years and 175 days
- which represents 30 years, less the one year and 190
days spent in custody before sentence.
Although the trial judge had originally recommended a
30-year minimum, which the then Lord Chief Justice had
agreed with, none of the Home Secretaries have since
determined the minimum to be served and, under new rules,
that task is now carried out by a High Court judge.
The four children murdered by Allitt were seven-week-old
Liam Taylor, 11-year-old Timothy Hardwick, two-month-old
Becky Phillips and 15-month-old Claire Peck.
