In 2002, a Filipino man named Victorino Chua went to the United Kingdom to work as a nurse for the elderly. Almost a decade later, he would poison more than 20 patients with insulin at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport, Greater Manchester.
This episode’s companion photos: instagram.com/p/CY418RnBLRo
Episode researched and co-written by Kayla De Leon
References:
- Crimes That Shook Britain, The Stepping Hill Poisonings (2017), https://tubitv.com/tv-shows/597143
- https://acesubido.net/ph-inflation-calculator/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Stepping_Hill_Hospital_poisoning_incident
- https://socialistworker.co.uk/art/40660/Furious+Filipino+nurses+take+on+the+Daily+Mails+racist+smear
- https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-21577696
- https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-27839522
- https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-32314933
- https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-32493830
- https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-36915110
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3037005/Nurse-accused-murdering-three-patients-said-straight-hell-devil-him.html
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3086919/Drug-addict-fantasist-tricked-way-UK.html
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3086922/Blunders-left-evil-nurse-free-kill-NHS-ward-Demands-inquiry-Filipino-psychopath-forged-qualifications-poisoned-22-patients.html
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3087602/Killer-nurse-Victorino-Chua-jailed-life-serve-minimum-35-years-murdering-poisoning-patients-Stepping-Hill-Hospital.html
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3089384/Filippino-nurse-murdered-two-patients-poisoned-19-claims-completely-innocent-face-35-years-custody-crimes-did-not-commit.html
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3127295/Killer-nurse-Victorino-Chua-appeal-convictions-murdering-two-patients-poisoning-19.html
- https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/r-v-chua-sentencing.pdf
- https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/victorino-chua-nurse-hospital-poison-9193353
- https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/nurse-rebecca-leighton-who-was-arrested-681062
- https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/killer-victorino-chua-banned-working-10227975
- https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/stepping-hill-hospital-murders-nurse-5895591
- https://www.nmc.org.uk/news/news-and-updates/victorino-chua-found-guilty-of-murder/
- https://www.pressreader.com/uk/stockport-express/20160803/281895887618986
- https://www.theguardian.com/society/2011/sep/20/stepping-hill-nurse-media-arrest
- https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/may/18/stepping-hill-hospital-poisonings-operation-roxburg-manchester-police-victorino-chua
- https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/4995288/chilling-letter-written-killer-nurse-who-poisoned-19-patients-stepping-hill-hospital/
Music: “This House” and “Echoes of Time v2” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Photos above via mirror.co.uk, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust Facebook page
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