A coroner is probing up to 11 more deaths linked to killer nurse Victorino Chua.
A judge handed the ‘sinister and truly wicked’ psychopath a 35-year sentence yesterday for murdering two patients and poisoning 19 more at Stepping Hill Hospital.
But senior coroner John Pollard revealed last night that he is planning inquests into 11 further suspicious deaths.
In each case, there were grounds to believe the patients died after being poisoned by the Filipino nurse.
Inquest juries may conclude the patients were unlawfully killed.
That would expose Stepping Hill to further huge compensation claims.
It is already under fire for employing Chua without ensuring the 49-year-old father of two was properly qualified.
The case has raised grave doubts about the vetting of foreign nurses.
Mr Pollard, who also dealt with the Harold Shipman murders, told the Mail: ‘There are 13 inquests or potential inquests in the pipeline, including those into the people where Chua has been convicted of murder.
‘I am aware that there were other victims of poisoning, one or more of whom may well have died subsequently but their death/s have not been referred to me.’
In 11 of the cases being probed by the South Manchester coroner police lacked the evidence to lay charges
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