Beverley Allitt
Beverley Gail Allitt (born October 4, 1968 in Nottingham ) is an English serial killer.
Beverley Allitt attracted attention from an early age through the cruelty to children. In 1991 Beverley Allitt accepted a job at a Grantham hospital . Shortly after they were hired, the death rate among the children treated there rose dramatically. In February and March 1991, there were unexplained deaths of a seven-week-old baby and an 11-year-old boy. Both died of heart attacks. The fact that the baby's heart was showing signs of wear and tear that are otherwise only found in adults puzzled doctors, but no one suspected. So Allitt could kill more children.
When a five-month-old child kept losing consciousness in late March, people became suspicious. The child's blood was analyzed and an overdose of insulin was found. The alerted police found that the child's medical record was missing pages. This was found in Beverley Allitt's room. It was also found that the incidents occurred whenever Sister Beverley was on duty.
Beverley Allitt was sentenced in 1993 to thirteen life imprisonment for four murders, eight attempted murders and assault in 10 cases. She is currently serving her sentence at Rampton Maximum Security Hospital for mentally ill offenders.
The story of Beverley Allitt was written by Nick Davies in the book "And nobody heard their screams" (original title: Murder on Ward Four).
Web links
- Entry in the Crime Library ( Memento of 10 December 2012 at the Internet Archive ) ( Engl. )
- Gerry Holt: Dennehy murder case: Why do women kill? , BBC News
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter & Julia Murakami: Lexicon of the serial killers . 10th edition. Ullstein Buchverlage GmbH, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-548-35935-9 , p. 24-25 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Allitt, Beverley |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Allitt, Beverley Gail (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English serial killer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th October 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nottingham |