A former Newcastle nurse has been found guilty of murdering two aged care residents in 2013, and attempting to kill a third.
Garry Steven Davis sobbed in the dock as the verdict was handed down in Newcastle Supreme Court today.
The judge found Davis murdered 83-year-old Gwen Fowler and 80-year-old Ryan Kelly at Wallsend’s Summitcare facility by injecting them with large amounts of insulin.
He also tried to kill 91-year-old Audrey Manuel.
In handing down the verdict, Justice Hulme rejected claims that more than one person could have been responsible for the deaths, saying “the conclusion there was only the one perpetrator is inescapable”.
He also told the court the defence’s claims that an outsider was responsible were “simply preposterous”.
Davis will be sentenced on December 12.
