Crime - Lady Killers: Beverly Allitt

Beverley Allitt, a nurse suffering from the mental illness Munchausens Syndrome by Proxy (a desire to kill or injure to get attention), was given 13 life sentences at Nottingham crown court in 1993 after being convicted of murdering four children and attacking nine others. Her arrest followed an investigation into several incidents of alleged tampering with patients ventilators and pumps delivering intravenous medication at various hospitals in Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire.