THE relatives of three pensioners said to have been murdered by suspected killer nurse Anne Grigg-Booth have demanded a public inquiry into her actions.

And the families have been joined by a mother-of-two believed to be the only surviving victim who remembers being poisoned by the Nelson nurse.

Grigg-Booth, 52, of Henry Street, died last year before she was to stand trial over the murder of Jane Driver, 67, Eva Blackburn, 75, and Annie Midgley, 96, between 2000 and 2002.

She was also charged with attempted murder and 13 counts of administering poison.

Now Karen Hanson, 34, of Haworth, West Yorkshire, who survived a morphine overdose, has spoken out about her ordeal for the first time in a bid to force a public inquiry.

She said: "The police have told me I am the only surviving victim who remembers exactly what she tried to do to me.

"How could she take anyone's life let alone the life of a mother?

"I don't think I will ever understand what could have driven her to that.

"We need to have answers because it is the only way we can all get closure, put this behind us and finally move on with our lives.

"It's also important we know this can never happen again to anyone else."

Shortly after giving birth, Mrs Hanson was admitted to Airedale General Hospital, near Keighley, in July 2000, where Grigg-Booth worked as a night matron.

Following an operation to remove an abscess Mrs Hanson said she was experiencing dreadful pain.

She said she became very ill which because of an overdose of a painkilling drug.

Mrs Hanson said: "Doctors were monitoring my pain relief very closely because I was still breast feeding "Grigg-Booth saw how much pain I was in one night and asked me if I wanted something stronger to help with the pain."

Bradford Coroner Roger Whittaker has written to Lord Falconer, Secretary of State for the Department of Constitutional Affairs, asking for inquests to be held into the deaths of the three women which led to the murder charges. Special permission has to be sought because the bodies have all been cremated and the deaths were not reported to Mr Whittaker.

But Simon McKay of McKay Law, the firm acting on behalf of the families, said an inquest, although welcome, would not go far enough.

In a statement released through Mr McKay, the families said: "We remain committed in our belief that the circumstances surrounding the deaths of our loved ones can only be properly investigated through a public inquiry."

An inquest at Burnley magistrates court earlier this year concluded Grigg-Booth died after accidentally taking up to eight times the recommended dose of anti-depressent mirtazapine.