- HELSINKI: A Finnish nurse was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for murdering five of her elderly patients with lethal drug overdoses, and of trying to kill five others.
- The Helsinki District Court found Aino Nykopp-Koski guilty of five murders, five attempted murders, three aggravated assaults, three thefts and possessing illegal drugs.
The murders happened in hospitals, hospices and private homes between 2004 and 2009.
Nykopp-Koski, who has protested her innocent, will appeal against the verdict, her lawyer said.
“She is shocked and still considers the verdict is not based on the truth. She will appeal,” lawyer Heikki Lampela told reporters after the sentence was handed down.
