Posted on 07/21/2011 1:55:18 PM PDT by markomalley
The death toll at a hospital where medical supplies were deliberately sabotaged could rise still further, police said last night, after they began investigating the deaths of two more patients.
Detectives launched a murder inquiry last week after three people being treated at the Stepping Hill hospital in Stockport died when batch of saline solution was contaminated with insulin
Rebecca Leighton, 27, a nurse at the hospital was still being questioned last night after being arrested on suspicion of murder.
She was arrested on Wednesday morning at her flat just a mile from the hospital where she was employed as a staff nurse.
Last night detectives were granted an extension to continue questioning her.
One person, a man in his 40s, remained in a serious condition at the hospital.
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Scary!
She kinda reminds me of someone but I can’t put my
finger on it. (Not that I’d want to, I’ll leave that
to Laz.)
What sort of rules do they in the UK that requires an "extension to continue questioning"?
Might be they aren’t allowed to hold her for questioning longer than 24 hours unless they actually charge her with a crime. I seem to recall some kind of rule like that here in the US, anyway. But I’m certainly no legal expert.
If they haven't charged her yet, prolly similar to ours. You can't hold someone indefinitely for questioning without charging them.
****She kinda reminds me of someone but I can’t put my
finger on it****
Casey Anthony????
In the UK, police can detain someone for questioning for up to 24 hours without making an arrest.
What you say makes sense but it says she was, “arrested on suspicion of murder”. Maybe they already had that in the story and arrested her later but didn’t remove that line before the story was published.
Being arrested and being charged are two different things.
RICIN would be an evil one to use in this situation
You could kill a lot of people without being caught
No definitive tests
Easily extracted
Can be serrupticiously injected in IV fluids
Delay to syndrome onset
Quite lethal
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