Killer nurse jailed for 27 years
Killer nurse Megan Haines has been sentenced to 27 years behind bars for murdering two women in her care at a NSW retirement home.
Haines, 49, was found guilty of murdering Marie Darragh, 82, and Isabella Spencer, 77, in May 2014 at Ballina's St Andrews Village on the NSW north coast by injecting them with insulin.
She had learnt of complaints about her refusals to help Ms Spencer reach the toilet and to give a cream to Ms Darragh to soothe an itch.
The Crown submitted that Haines decided to "eliminate" the cause of the complaints as they were potentially career-ending given her prior suspensions.
Justice Peter Garling sentenced her to 27 years behind bars on Friday in the NSW Supreme Court.
