23 - Colin Norris: murderous nurse, or wrongfully convicted?

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🗓️ 16 September 2018

⏱️ 47 minutes

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In 2002, Colin Norris was a young man at the beginning of his career in his chosen field of nursing. But the sudden death of an elderly patient, Ethel Hall, who had been under his care prompted a police investigation which scrutinised the 18 months that he had worked in Leeds General Infirmary, and he was accused of 4 murders and an attempted murder. Authorities said he had maliciously administered injections of insulin to elderly patients, police said because he didn’t like old people. But would there be enough evidence to convict him? Our podcast Promo this week is from our friends over at the Graveyard Tales podcast! If you’re in the mood for something spooky, you have to check them out! Find us on Facebook or Twitter! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com. Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: https://www.insidejusticeuk.com/cases/the-case-of-colin-norris/8http://colinnorris.org/index.html A Jury Blinded by Science The Case of Colin Norris (The Colin Norris Support Group, 2011) Real Crime: Angel of Death, Series 7 Episode 12. ITV Aired 4 December 2008 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqHdXPiXoWc) The Innocent Serial Killer? Panorama Season 62, Episode 46. Aired 15 December 2014 BBC One (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL666gDzPEg)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Norris Suma Sugunendran & Mohamed Malik, “Insulin autoimmune syndrome: a rare case of hypoglycaemia,” in Endocrine Abstracts (2010) 21 P70 https://www.endocrine-abstracts.org/ea/0021/ea0021p70 “Insulin autoimmune syndrome” from Geriatric and Rare Diseases Information Centre https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/10808/insulin-autoimmune-syndrome Sarah Alam MD Maaz Ozair MD JamalAhmad MD, DM (Endocrinology), PhD, FCCP, FRCP (UK), DSc (Endocrinology)“Hypoglycemia due to Insulin Autoimmune Syndrome: A rare cause not to be forgotten” in Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology: Case Reports Volume 2, December 2016, Pages 7-9 Nirantharakumar, Krishnarajah et al. “Hypoglycemia in Non-Diabetic In-Patients: Clinical or Criminal?” Ed. Giorgio Sesti. PLoS ONE 7.7 (2012): e40384. PMC. Web. 27 Aug. 2018. Nondiabetic Hypoglycemia from Hormone Heath Network https://www.hormone.org/diseases-and-conditions/diabetes/non-diabetic-hypoglycemia Recurrent Hypoglycemia: When Diabetes Is Not the Cause from Modern Medicine Network http://www.patientcareonline.com/diabetes/recurrent-hypoglycemia-when-diabetes-not-cause

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Menzorea podcast and this is the story of Colin Norris. Oh, Colin Norris was born in Glasgow, on the 12th of February, 1976.
0:46.1	After school, he went to college and studied travel and tourism,
0:50.3	and he worked for several years in that industry before deciding that he wanted to change careers.
0:56.0	At 22 he moved into nursing.
1:00.0	He said he felt a calling for the profession and that it was a job that not everyone could do.
1:06.2	But he felt called to do it and to help people and to make a difference in people's Lives.
1:12.6	So in 1998 he studied for a higher nursing degree at Dundee University.
1:18.6	He qualified in 2001 and began to work as a staff nurse in Leeds General Infirmary after his graduation in October
1:27.0	2001.
1:29.0	He had been transferred to St James's University Hospital in order to get more experience, but he really didn't like the move and decided to continue taking shifts at Leeds General Infirmary as agency staff.
1:41.0	He worked on Ward 36, an orthopedic ward, dealing with broken bones and
1:47.2	fractures. He was well liked by the other staff and was doing well in his private life. He had just purchased a house and
1:55.8	Leeds and was popular with his colleagues. He'd never been in trouble. Not that is until the 20th of November, 2002.
2:05.0	On the 11th of November 2002, Mrs Ethel Hall was admitted to Leeds General Infirmary. She was 86 and a retired shopkeeper.
2:16.4	She was well known in her neighborhood because of her work and from the milk delivery
2:21.1	service that she also ran.
2:23.0	She lived at home with her husband to whom she had been married for 50 years.
2:28.0	She was quiet, but a no-nonsense kind of woman.
2:32.0	Mrs. Hall was admitted to Ward 36. no nonsense kind of woman.
2:36.0	Mrs Hall was admitted to Ward 36 with a broken hip. She'd had a fall.
2:38.0	She had a history of pernicious anemia,
2:41.0	but was otherwise healthy. However, it became apparent early into her stay at the hospital that she was displaying confused behavior.
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