Investigation was ‘enormous task’

VICTORINO Chua was caught after police and forensics experts sifted through thousands of pieces of evidence.

Ben Southam, from the CPS North West Complex Casework Unit, said the investigation had been ‘an enormous task’.

He said: “Through the painstaking piecing together of thousands of pieces of evidence the police and the prosecution team have been able to prove that Chua deliberately poisoned 21 patients by contaminating healthcare products with insulin which were then administered to them.

“The investigation and prosecution has been an enormous task involving the detailed analysis of thousands of pages of evidence relating to the hospital, its staff and patients, the forensic analysis of medical products and samples, expert medical evidence and many other aspects of what has been a very complex case.

“I would like to thank all the witnesses who gave evidence during the trial, particularly the victims, the relatives of the patients who died and the staff from Stepping Hill Hospital.

“Above all our thoughts and sympathies go out to all the victims and their families at this time.”