Irene Becker (born 1952)[1] is a German nurse, and serial killer, who killed at least 5 people by administering them drugs while working at the Charité clinic.
[3] Her deeds were discovered after a fellow nurse found a discarded ampoule in the hospital garbage, subsequently informing the management of her suspicions about the exceptionally high death rate in the ward.
[3] Becker was sentenced on 29 June 2007 by the Landgericht Berlin for murder in five out of eight cases, and given life imprisonment.
[3] On appeal from the defence, the Federal Court of Justice changed the guilty verdict to triple homicide and two counts of manslaughter, but that did not change the sentence.
Thus, the remainder of the sentence can be suspended after serving 15 years (counting from her arrest in October 2006), i.e. from late 2021 onwards.