Nurse Admits Murdering 11 People By Setting Two Fires, A nurse in Australia admits to killing 11 elderly men and women by setting two fires to the building where he worked in 2011. Roger Dean, 37, worked at Quakers Hill Nursing Home in Australia.
He also pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm to another eight nursing home residents who suffered injuries in the inferno. The building had more than 80 residents at the time.
The nurse was on duty at Quakers Hill when he set the fires. Afterward, he gave interviews in which he described trying to rescue trapped residents, the Associated Press reports.
Dean announced his pleas at a Monday hearing in New South Wales Supreme Court. He had originally pleaded guilty to manslaughter, but authorities rejected that plea, The Australian reports. He will be sentenced for his crimes on Thursday, and may face life in prison.
Authorities had originally questioned Dean over allegations of theft, mere hours before the fires started, the Associated Press reports. He has already pleaded guilty to stealing prescription drugs from the nursing home.
Dean’s admission of guilt sparked an outpouring of relief from relatives of his victims. “Joy in my heart to see that my mother would say, ‘yes, justice is going to be done,’” a relative of one deceased resident told reporters outside of the New South Wales Supreme Court.
Gary Barnier, managing director of Domain Principal Group, which owns the nursing home, also expressed his thoughts on Dean’s admission. “To the people who died that day, and subsequently, and were injured…I just feel so terribly sorry. But at least today justice has been done.”
Monday, May 27, 2013
Nurse Admits Murdering 11 People By Setting Two Fires
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