Dutch nurse accused of 14 murders

The woman is said to have killed her victims by lethal injection

A Dutch nurse has been accused of 14 murders, prosecutors have said.

Her victims are said to include babies, young children and elderly patients at four hospitals in The Hague.

The killings are alleged to have taken place over a four-year period between February 1997 and September 2001.

The woman, aged 40, is said to have given the patients lethal doses of drugs. Some of the deaths occurred in a children's ward and a prison infirmary.

'Forged certificates'

Nine elderly people were among the alleged victims, the oldest aged 91.

The youngest babies to die were less than a year old, officials said.

The nurse, whose name has not been released, is also charged with four attempted murders and forging school certificates to enable her to qualify for medical training.

The woman is expected to go on trial in The Hague in June.

She was suspended from her last job at a hospital in The Hague in 2001 following the death of a baby. She has since been sacked.

She is expected to stand trial in June.