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German killer nurse gets life for 85 hospital murders

German nurse Niels Hoegel, accused of killing more than 100 patients in his care, was sentenced to life imprisonment for 85 murders on Thursday. [AFP]

A German nurse believed to be the most prolific serial killer in the country's post-war history was handed a life sentence Thursday for murdering 85 patients in his care.

Judge Sebastian Buehrmann called Niels Hoegel's killing spree "incomprehensible".

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