Rebecca Leighton

Male Nurse Held Over Stepping Hill Poison Probe Is Named

PA | Posted 06.01.2012 | UK

A male nurse arrested over the Stepping Hill Hospital poisonings has been named by sources as Victorino Chua. Mr Chua, 46, was arrested at his Stoc...

Male Nurse Quizzed Over Stepping Hill Hospital Poisoning

PA | Posted 06.01.2012 | UK

A 46-year-old male nurse is being questioned by police probing the poisoning of patients at Stepping Hill Hospital. His arrest came as it emerged t...

Stepping Hill Nurse Wrongly Accused Of Saline Contamination Sacked From Hospital

Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 02.12.2011 | UK

Rebecca Leighton, the nurse wrongly accused of contaminating saline solution, has been sacked by her employers at Stepping Hill Hospital. The 27-ye...

Stepping Hill Contaminated Saline Solution Poisoned 17, Police Say

PA | Posted 17.12.2011 | UK

Police now believe 17 people were poisoned by the contamination of saline solution at Stepping Hill Hospital. Following the release of nurse Rebecc...

Stepping Hill Poison Probe Focuses On Seven Cases

PA | Posted 21.11.2011 | UK

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Rebecca Leighton: 'I Want My Life Back'

Posted 20.11.2011 | UK

The nurse who was wrongly accused of killing several of her patients has said she is afraid to leave her house as a result of the allegations made aga...

Stepping Hill Nurse Can Work Again

PA | Posted 14.11.2011 | UK

A nurse who was barred from working after being accused of sabotage at a hospital can return to nursing, a regulatory body has ruled. But Rebecca L...

Rebecca Leighton's Life Is Ruined. And It's All the Media's Fault

Ben Wakeling | Posted 08.11.2011 | UK
Ben Wakeling

Earlier this week Rebecca Leighton - the 27 year-old nurse charged with the deaths of up to 40 patients who had been poisoned - walked free, after the Crown Prosecution Service stated that it was 'no longer appropriate' for a prosecution to be pursued.

Saline solution? Max Clifford and the Stockport Nurse

Joe Mott | Posted 08.11.2011 | UK
Joe Mott

Saline murders and Max Clifford aren't comfortable bedfellows for me. And so any sympathy I had for Rebecca Leighton has now disappeared.

Police Face Damages Over Arrest Of Stepping Hill Nurse

The Telegraph | Posted 03.11.2011 | UK

Detectives disclosed they have identified a series of people who they believe survived having saline drips contaminated with insulin. Seven death a...

Rebecca Leighton: 'I Have Been Living In Hell'

The Huffington Post UK | Paul Vale | Posted 02.11.2011 | UK

Rebecca Leighton, the nurse cleared of charges in the Stepping Hill murder case, has released a statement calling her ordeal a "living nightmare". ...

Charges Dropped By CPS In Stepping Hill Hospital Case

The Huffington Post UK | Paul Vale | Posted 02.11.2011 | UK

Rebecca Leighton, the nurse accused of sabotaging saline drips at the Stepping Hill hospital in Stockport, has been released from custody. The Crow...

Rebecca Leighton Receives Provisional Court Date

PA | Posted 01.10.2011 | UK

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- A provisional trial date has been set for a 27-year-old nurse charged with contaminating saline at a hospital. Rebecca Leighto...

Nurse Due In Court Over Hospital Deaths

PA | Posted 01.10.2011 | UK

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- A 27-year-old nurse charged in connection with the alleged contamination of saline at a hospital is due to appear in court. Re...

Nurse Remanded In Poison Death Probe

PA | Posted 21.09.2011 | UK

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- A 27-year-old nurse charged in connection with the deaths of five hospital patients at the centre of a tampering probe has been r...