Beverley Allitt committed the murders as a State Enrolled Nurse on the hospital's children's ward.
17 Facts About Beverley Allitt
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In May 1993, Beverley Allitt received thirteen life sentences at Nottingham Crown Court.
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The sentencing judge, Justice David Latham, told Beverley Allitt that she was "a serious danger" to others and was unlikely ever to be considered safe enough to be released.
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Beverley Allitt is currently detained at Rampton Secure Hospital in Nottinghamshire.
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Beverley Allitt became eligible for release on parole after her minimum tariff of thirty years' imprisonment expired in November 2021.
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Beverley Gail Allitt was born on 4 October 1968 and grew up in the village of Corby Glen near the town of Grantham.
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Beverley Allitt's father, Richard, worked in an off-licence and her mother was a school cleaner.
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Beverley Allitt attended Charles Read Secondary Modern School, having failed the test to enter Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School.
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Beverley Allitt left school at the age of 16 and took a course in nursing at Grantham College.
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Beverley Allitt had attacked thirteen children, four fatally, over a 59-day period.
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Beverley Allitt was charged with four counts of murder, eleven counts of attempted murder, and eleven counts of causing grievous bodily harm.
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Beverley Allitt reportedly admitted to all 13 of her crimes in a failed application to remain at Rampton Secure Hospital and permanently avoid prison.
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None of the families of Beverley Allitt's victims had been told of her full confession in the failed application.
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On 6 December 2007, Mr Justice Stanley Burnton, sitting in the High Court of Justice, London, ordered Beverley Allitt to serve the original minimum sentence of thirty years.
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On 3 October 2023, it was reported that Beverley Allitt was appearing before a mental health tribunal to be assessed for a potential transfer to a mainstream prison.
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Beverley Allitt won't be eligible for another assessment until 2026.
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Beverley Allitt was the subject of a book called Murder on Ward Four by Nick Davies.