骇人听闻 德国杀人护士承认杀害100名病人

Former nurse Niels Hoegel, accused of killing more than 100 patients in his care, wears a bullet proof vest as he is lead out of the court compound towards a prisoner's transport vehicle, on October 2018 in Oldenburg, northern Germany, after the first day of his trial. - Hoegel, 41, has already spent nearly a decade in prison for other patient deaths, and is accused of intentionally administering medical overdoses to victims so he could bring them back to life at the last moment. (Photo by Hauke-Christian Dittrich / DPA / AFP) / Germany OUT (Photo credit should read HAUKE-CHRISTIAN DITTRICH/AFP/Getty Images)
Former nurse Niels Hoegel, accused of killing more than 100 patients in his care, wears a bullet proof vest as he is lead out of the court compound towards a prisoner’s transport vehicle, on October 2018 in Oldenburg, northern Germany, after the first day of his trial. – Hoegel, 41, has already spent nearly a decade in prison for other patient deaths, and is accused of intentionally administering medical overdoses to victims so he could bring them back to life at the last moment. (Photo by Hauke-Christian Dittrich / DPA / AFP) / Germany OUT (Photo credit should read HAUKE-CHRISTIAN DITTRICH/AFP/Getty Images)

德国一名连环杀人护士因谋害6名病患被法院判处终身监禁,然而这还不是最骇人听闻的,如今他承认,利用工作之便,至少杀害了100名病患。这是德国战后遇害人数最多的连续杀人案。

41岁的赫格尔(Niels Hoegel)被控杀人罪,已服刑近10年。10月30日,他再次被带上奥登堡(Oldenburg)市法庭,这一次他被控对100名病患的死亡负责任。

检方指出,至少36名病人在赫格尔工作的奥登堡医院遇害,附近德曼霍斯特市(Delmenhorst)的诊所则在2000至2005年间另有约64人遭遇不测。

赫格尔似乎每次都会遵循类似程序,先注射促发心跳停止的药剂,接着再进行通常无效的急救复苏术。检方表示,赫格尔这么做是出于虚荣,要展现他救人的技巧,以及纯粹因为“无聊”。

赫格尔出生一个护士之家,父亲、祖母、姑姑、叔叔等多位亲属都从事护理工作。他也很早就决定当护士,不过他无法升任工作强度。他把杀人的罪过归于工作压力。

但是法官表示,被告不仅是一个系列杀人犯,而且满口谎言。法官认为,他的话不可信。这位法官2014年就审理过赫格尔的案子,知道被告撒谎的习性。赫格尔2005年对病人下手时当场被抓住,他先承认,之后却反悔抵赖。

当局开挖超过130名赫格尔看护病人的遗体,以便进行调查。调查人员表示,“据我们所知,这种案件在德国前所未见”。调查人员说,全部遇害人数可能超过200人。由于许多可能的被害人遗体已火化,确切遇害人数恐永远成谜。