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Nurse charged with murdering patients by poisoning them in Manchester hospital

The male nurse has been charged with the murder of three patients.

A MALE NURSE has been charged with the murder of three patients who were poisoned with contaminated medical products at a British hospital.

Eight patients died following the poisoning at Stepping Hill hospital in Stockport, near Manchester in northwest England, in June and July 2011.

Victorino Chua, a 48-year-old father of two children, has been charged with murdering three of them; Tracey Arden, 44, Arnold Lancaster, 71, and Derek Weaver, 83.

He has also been charged with one count of causing grievous bodily harm with intent, 22 counts of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent and eight offences of attempting to administer poison.

Assistant Chief Constable Steve Heywood of Greater Manchester Police said,

Our thoughts continue to be with those people who were deliberately poisoned and their families.

“From day one we made a commitment to those people, as well as the wider community, to thoroughly and robustly investigate what occurred.

In close to three years we have conducted many painstaking inquiries and engaged with numerous medical experts. We are now at a point where we have charged Victorino Chua with a number of very serious offences.”

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    Jan 17th 2025, 10:51 PM

    Huw much do you know about David Lynch?
    Nothing.

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    Jan 18th 2025, 2:17 AM

    @hans vos: he signed the Polanski petition

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    Jan 18th 2025, 9:45 AM

    @hans vos: 6/10, knew the film questions. What a legend tho, even the stills from his movies (shown in the article) are so richly graded. Class act, guess those Marlboro Reds caught up with him!

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    Jan 17th 2025, 10:20 PM

    “Wild at Heart” , 1990, is definitely in my top 5 favourite movies of all time. I think Nicholas Cage playing ‘sailor’ was just brilliant casting

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    Jan 18th 2025, 2:16 AM

    @Chutes Idiot: Jack Nicholson thought Dafoe was amazing in that

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    Jan 18th 2025, 10:48 PM

    @Gerard Kennelly: Willem Dafoe is amazing …he didn’t seem to agree a day for about 25 years quality character actor
    Up for another oscar a few years back

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    Jan 18th 2025, 7:48 AM

    “The world is wild at heart and weird on top.” 9/10, peace out, Mr. Lynch and thanks for all your work!

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    Jan 18th 2025, 12:28 AM

    Not everyone’s cup of tea..and whatever people may think of his films.. nobody did a soundtrack like David Lynch. RIP

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    Jan 17th 2025, 11:52 PM

    Latecomer to Twin peaks but not remotely to Lynch in terms of film. The Twin peaks follow up from 2017 is honestly even better, it’s slicker and so on a different day I might say I prefer the melodrama of the first outing. Its a complete head wreck, in the best possible way. The performance in the 1990 twin peaks by Ray wise is extraordinary – hysterical, camp, thrilling
    RIP David lynch !

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    Jan 17th 2025, 10:52 PM

    I loved Dune, it was bat shite crazy but highly entertaining

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    Jan 17th 2025, 11:03 PM

    Mulholland Drive. The most bizarre and frustrating film I have ever watched. RIP David.

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    Jan 18th 2025, 2:18 AM

    @Whispers Sssshhh: I wish more people saw Inland Empire

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    Jan 18th 2025, 5:47 PM

    RIP

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    Jan 17th 2025, 11:43 PM

    8/10. Some great films directed by him and some just went over my head, like Eraserhead

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    Jan 17th 2025, 10:56 PM

    Interesting story in Patrick Steward’s AB about his first meeting with Lynch and a funny encounter with Sting. Both encounters involved with Dune.

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    Jan 18th 2025, 2:23 AM

    @If you’re: Patrick Stewart in a restaurant, elderly man next table, it’s you .. spock from Star wars. Elderly man’s wife aww darling you’ve got it all wrong.. this is sir ben kingsley.

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    Jan 18th 2025, 8:53 AM

    RIP David.
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    Jan 18th 2025, 7:32 AM

    Lived his life his way. Like Nicholson

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    Jan 17th 2025, 11:41 PM

    Did he drink in the dragon ?

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    Jan 18th 2025, 8:51 AM

    9/10 some were lucky guesses
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    Jan 19th 2025, 3:15 PM

    Never heard of him

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    Jan 18th 2025, 9:59 AM

    9/10. Which seems Ruaidhri seeing as he was named after me.

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    Jan 17th 2025, 10:40 PM

    I think I saw some of his stuff but I can’t remember much

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    Jan 18th 2025, 2:28 AM

    @offside again: to see his pure talent normal people should watch the straight story (1999)

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