The 44-year-old man worked in palliative care at a hospital in the town of Würselen in western Germany.
Prosecutors alleged that the nurse injected a total of 26 patients with high doses of sedatives.
After the injections, he allegedly left the patients alone by walking out of the room. The crimes were allegedly committed between December 2023 and May 2024. His motive was to reduce his workload during night shifts, according to prosecutors.
The judge found that the nurse suffers from personality disorders, which may have contributed to the crimes being committed, reports the Aachener Zeitung newspaper.
The man is expected to be tried for similar crimes committed in Cologne.
