Catherine Hudson gave unprescribed sedatives to two patients to 'keep them quiet', a court hears.
A nurse has been found guilty of ill-treating patients by drugging them to "keep them quiet and compliant".
Preston Crown Court heard Catherine Hudson, 54, gave unprescribed sedatives to two patients at Blackpool Victoria Hospital between February 2017 and November 2018 for an "easy life". Jurors also convicted her of conspiring with Charlotte Wilmot, 48, to give a sedative to a third patient.Judge Robert Altham remanded Hudson into custody following the verdicts, which were reached after nearly 14 hours of deliberation."The only question is the length," he added.
Granting bail to Wilmot, who was also convicted of encouraging Hudson to drug a patient, he told the assistant practitioner the "overwhelming likelihood" was that she too would be jailed.
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