A NURSE was due in court today charged with murdering three patients at a hospital.

Anne Grigg-Booth, 51, is accused of murdering three women, aged 96, 75 and 67, at Airedale General Hospital, near Keighley, West Yorkshire.

She is also accused of attempting to murder a 42-year-old man.

Grigg-Booth, of Nelson, also faces 13 charges of administering noxious substances to other patients. She is alleged to have variously administered morphine, pethidine and diamorphine to patients over a period of nearly two years. Grigg-Booth will appear at Bradford Crown Court.