Rome : An Italian nurse tried multiple times over the death of patients has been cleared again — but the legal ordeal that saw her spend years in prison may not be over.<\/p>\n
Daniela Poggiali, 49, was acquitted late Monday on two murder counts by an appeals court in Bologna, which also ordered her release from prison.<\/p>\n
She had been accused of killing Rosa Calderoni, 78, and Massimo Montanari, 94, with injections of potassium chloride while on duty in a hospital in Lugo, northern Italy.<\/p>\n
Poggiali became notorious as Italian media published pictures of her posing next to dead patients, smiling or making mocking expressions.<\/p>\n
But she has now become the latest example of Italy’s tortuous justice system.<\/p>\n
Poggiali was first arrested in 2014 in connection to Calderoni’s death and sentenced to life imprisonment two years later.<\/p>\n
She was cleared on appeal and freed in 2017 — but prosecutors appealed, and Italy’s top court twice ordered a retrial.<\/p>\n
In both instances — in 2019 and then on Monday — the retrials ended with acquittals.<\/p>\n
In another twist, the nurse was re-arrested in late 2020 over Montanari’s death and sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment. That conviction was also quashed by Monday’s ruling.<\/p>\n
“I am very happy, this was the only possible outcome… I’ll be back with my family,” the nurse was quoted as saying by Italian media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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