A 39-year-old nurse has been found guilty of attempted murder after she attempted to kill herself and her two children by giving them a lethal cocktail of drugs.
A 39-year-old nurse tried to kill herself and her two children when her husband left her for another woman. She put her children in bed, then climbed in alongside them and fed them a potentially lethal cocktail of drugs before taking them herself. The drugs included painkillers, antidepressants, and sleeping tablets. The defendant sent a suicide voicemail to her brother, who immediately raised the alarm.
Police, paramedics, and the fire service were scrambled to the family home in Uckfield, East Sussex, where they found a 10-year-old boy lying unconscious on a vomit-covered bed with his eyes wide open. Paramedics also discovered his 13-year-old sister wandering around in a 'dazed and confused' state. Their mother was conscious but slurring her words and all three were rushed to hospital where they received emergency treatment. The nurse, who has been suspended by the Nursing and Midwifery Council, has now been found guilty of two counts of attempted murder and potentially faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. The court heard that the woman had become depressed after her husband announced he had been having an affair, walking out of the family home earlier this year and leaving the country to be with his mistress. The court heard that the woman was extremely upset by the breakdown of the marriage and had become depressed. Jurors were told that on February 7 last year the woman gathered medication from around the house and spoke to the children at teatime about her plan
ATTEMPTED MURDER NURSE CHILDREN SUICIDE RELATIONSHIP BREAKDOWN
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