PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "It was agreed that the new evidence could prove that the hypoglycaemia in the four patients other than Mrs Hall may be accounted for by natural causes. Norris’s mother, June Morrison, said justice for her son had been “constantly been delayed and denied”. “It took five years before his trial commenced, almost two years until his first appeal, ten years before the CCRC referred his conviction back to the courts and another four years before his appeal hearing,” she said. “Now at long last, we hope justice will be done so he regains the freedom he should never have lost with his name cleared."
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STORY: "Serial killer nurse's appeal case begins 17 years after conviction," by Production Journalist Beth Franklin, published by STV News, on May 6, 2025.
SUB-HEADING: "Glaswegian Colin Norris was convicted of murdering four women and attempting to murder another by injecting them with insulin in 2008.
Colin Norris was sentenced to life imprisonment."
GIST: "A serial killer nurse’s appeal case is set to begin almost two decades after he was convicted of murdering elderly patients.
Glaswegian Colin Norris was convicted of murdering four women and attempting to murder another, by injecting them with insulin, after a five-month trial in 2008.
All the women were elderly inpatients on orthopaedic wards where Norris worked as a nurse.
Norris was convicted of killing Doris Ludlam, 80, Bridget Bourke, 88, Irene Crookes, 79, and 86-year-old Ethel Hall at Leeds General Infirmary and the city’s St James’s Hospital in 2002.
He was also found guilty of attempting to murder 90-year-old Vera Wilby.
Norris has been serving life imprisonment at HMP Frankland in County Durham since the investigation concluded that the women developed unexplained severe hyp
Norris’ appeal is due to be heard after a review from the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) said new evidence created a “real possibility” his conviction was unsafe.
The CCRC referred his conviction to the Court of Appeal on the basis of new medical evidence in February 2021.
The case will begin on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, and is expected to last two weeks.
It was agreed that the new evidence could prove that the hypoglycaemia in the four patients other than Mrs Hall may be accounted for by natural causes.
Norris’s mother, June Morrison, said justice for her son had been “constantly been delayed and denied”.
“It took five years before his trial commenced, almost two years until his first appeal, ten years before the CCRC referred his conviction back to the courts and another four years before his appeal hearing,” she said.
“Now at long last, we hope justice will be done so he regains the freedom he should never have lost with his name cleared."
The entire story can be read at:
https://news.stv.tv/west-central/serial-killer-nurses-appeal-case-begins-17-years-after-conviction
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: I am monitoring this case/issue/resource. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments. The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at: http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith. Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at: http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html Please send any comments or information on other cases and issues of interest to the readers of this blog to: hlevy15@gmail.com. Harold Levy: Publisher: The Charles Smith Blog.
SEE BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE ON-GOING INTERNATIONAL CASES (OUTSIDE OF THE CONTINENTAL USA) THAT I AM FOLLOWING ON THIS BLOG, AT THE LINK BELOW: HL:
https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/120008354894645705/4704913685758792985
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FINAL WORD: (Applicable to all of our wrongful conviction cases): "Whenever there is a wrongful conviction, it exposes errors in our criminal legal system, and we hope that this case — and lessons from it — can prevent future injustices."
Lawyer Radha Natarajan:
Executive Director: New England Innocence Project;
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FINAL, FINAL WORD: "Since its inception, the Innocence Project has pushed the criminal legal system to confront and correct the laws and policies that cause and contribute to wrongful convictions. They never shied away from the hard cases — the ones involving eyewitness identifications, confessions, and bite marks. Instead, in the course of presenting scientific evidence of innocence, they've exposed the unreliability of evidence that was, for centuries, deemed untouchable." So true!
Christina Swarns: Executive Director: The Innocence Project;
