he told the bbc he wrote to hoegel in prison to ask him why.people, to human beings, lying there. it was just bodies for him. he was killing everyone he could get, just playing with them, like someone who is using something mechanical, something like a computer. you switch the body on and off. christian was among relatives in court today, they want to know why, for five years, no—one stopped hoegel. translation: i promised my family that i wouldn'tjust bring the murderer tojustice, but others responsible, too. it's important for all of us that we can get to those who made it possible for this to develop into a series of killings. for the german authorities, this case raises painful questions. hoegel acted alone, but over five years he was able to kill patient after patient with impunity. investigations are now focusing on the hospitals where he worked. it's feared that faced with unusually high mortality rates, senior staff may simply have chosen to turn a blind eye. some already face criminal charges. and as hoegel begins his life sentence, in

niels hoegel is the most prolific serial killer in germany's modern history. 85 patients while working as a nurse. the killings took place at two hospitals in northern germany between 1999 and 2006. hoegel gave patients lethal doses of heart medication so that he could then impress colleagues by trying to revive them. and it doesn't end there. german police have exhumed 130 bodies in germany, poland and turkey. they suspect the final death toll may be more than 200. the judge at this district court in 0ldenburg called the killing spree ‘incomprehensible', saying "your guilt is unfathomable. hoegel has asked the victims' families for forgiveness. this is what some of them had to say. we are glad that this is over now. this is the last thing we could do for our father. we have this is the last thing we could do for ourfather. we have done everything we can but he gets his deserved punishment, we did this for oui’ deserved punishment, we did this for our father. what is next is the investigation and trial of the hospitals. i hope the connection of the two hospita

prosecutors said that niels hoegel deliberately put patients into cardiac arrest, and then, tried to revive them. but, the verdict drew criticism from relatives of the victims. >> ( translated ): there a m ultimatee than 300 murders, and 80 convictions, or acts, convicted here in court today. that's not sufficit to us, because we know that there is a tragedy behind every sine crime, every destiny. >> woodruff: hoegel is 42, and was sentenced to life in prison today. he is already serving another life sentence from a prior nviction. back in this country, the new york city police commissioner apologized for the stonewall raid in 1969 that galvanized the gay rights movement. on june 28th that year, police raided a gay bar in greenwichll e, and patrons fought back. the commissioner said today that the poli actions were wrong. r&b singer r. kelly pled not guilty today to 11 new, sex- c related felorges. he was arraigned in chicago, on counts including aggravated criminal sexual assault. they carry much stiffer penalties than the original charges he faced. the number of measles cases in th

hoegel murdered patients at random with lethal injections, before being caught in the act in delmenhorste wife of the leader said she could and that there has been's victims. she described how she refused to go on holiday with him with her two children of her fears he would take them to syria. the family took away their passports and from the old bailey here is daniel sa nford. hours before the attack, but hours later he walked out of his home and never saw him again his widow till the inquest... that evening, while she was out for a family meal, he returned to the flat with the other to killers making his final preparations for the murders at the london bridge. she told the court which you cannot come, all the lights were on at the back door was open. she was serious and started texting her husband obviously by that time, he was not even alive. a people had just been killed, three attackers and sets shot dead. the next day she was told one of them was her husband. they married in 2013 and she said he was charismatic and confident and funny. but her husband was spending time with extremi