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Manchester Evening News
July 7, 2014
The nurse accused of murdering and poisoning patients with medical supplies at Stepping Hill hospital will appear at court to enter pleas in October.
Victorino Domingo Chua today appeared by videolink at Manchester Crown Court for an administrative hearing where a date for his plea hearing was set.
The trial, due to begin in January 2015, is expected to last until Easter with Mr Justice Openshaw presiding.
The hearing will feature over 619 witnesses and 27,000 pages of statements and exhibits, with expert evidence central to the case. Mr Chua is currently being held on remand at Strangeways prison.
Charged in March, over two years after his arrest, the 48-year-old, of Churchill Street, Stockport, faces 34 counts in total, including three murders. He is alleged to have murdered Tracey Arden on July 7, 2011, and Alfred Weaver and Arnold Lancaster between June 1 and July 12 of that year.
He is also charged with the grievous bodily harm of one patient, poisoning a second, attempting to poison seven more and 22 more counts of attempted grievous bodily harm.
It is alleged there were 32 separate victims between June 1, 2011, and January 3, 2012.
