UK nurse jailed for killing four patients is denied chance to appeal

Three judges block Colin Campbell’s attempt to overturn his murder convictions at the supreme court

A nurse convicted of murdering four patients and trying to kill a fifth will not be allowed to appeal to the supreme court, judges have ruled.

Colin Campbell, 49, was jailed for life in 2008 for killing Doris Ludlam, Bridget Bourke, Irene Crookes and Ethel Hall on orthopaedic wards in hospitals in Leeds.