:00:13. > :00:16.Good Evening. A provisional date has been set for the trial of the
:00:16. > :00:19.nurse charged in connection with the alleged contamination of saline
:00:19. > :00:23.at Stepping Hill Hospital. 27 year old Rebecca Leighton, appeared at
:00:23. > :00:25.Manchester Crown Court via a video link. She has been charged with
:00:25. > :00:28.seven offences including three counts of criminal damage with
:00:28. > :00:37.intent to endanger life. Police are continuing to investigate the
:00:37. > :00:41.deaths of four patients at the Stockport hospital.
:00:41. > :00:46.Rebecca Leighton spoke by a video link from Styal Prison. She
:00:46. > :00:54.confirmed her name and listened as BAA explains the complexity of the
:00:54. > :01:01.case. Pathology tests are still to be carried out. The charges are
:01:01. > :01:08.against the theft and tempering of saline product. 44-year-old Tracey
:01:08. > :01:14.Arden, Arnold Lancaster, 71, Derek Weaver, 83 and Vera Pearson, 84
:01:14. > :01:18.have been killed. They had unexplained a low blood
:01:18. > :01:22.sugar levels. Last week, Greater Manchester Police said it was no
:01:22. > :01:28.longer investigating the death of another patient at the centre of
:01:28. > :01:35.the inquiry. The family of George Keep were told they were no longer
:01:35. > :01:39.part of the investigation. Rebecca Leighton was remanded in custody
:01:39. > :01:43.and will appear in court again in October when she is expected to
:01:43. > :01:47.enter a plea. A provisional trial date has been set for February next
:01:47. > :01:50.year. A coroner has recorded a verdict of unlawful killing after a
:01:50. > :01:54.GP prescribed 60 tablets to a suicidal patient. Two days later 30
:01:54. > :01:58.year old David Donohue from Ardwick, who suffered from alcohol addiction
:01:58. > :02:00.and depression, used the pills to kill himself. The doctor, Kamprath
:02:00. > :02:09.Sreedharan, had previously been warned by mental health specialists
:02:09. > :02:14.not to prescribe more than two weeks medication.
:02:14. > :02:23.David Donohue died after he drank whisky with Heminevrin, dread used
:02:23. > :02:27.to treat alcohol withdrawal systems. Can print shed around authorised a
:02:27. > :02:34.two month supplier of the drug over the phone to his mother. He didn't
:02:34. > :02:40.see or speak to Mr Donoghue. Mr Donoghue's sister, Simone, was in
:02:40. > :02:43.court to hear a verdict of unlawful killing. This inquest has provided
:02:43. > :02:47.answers and an understanding as to what happened. If David had not
:02:47. > :02:52.been given a prescription, he would not have died and none of us will
:02:52. > :02:57.be put through this. The doctor prescribed the drug even though it
:02:57. > :03:01.work -- risked death if taken with alcohol. It is possible the doctor
:03:01. > :03:07.may have thought the benefits outweighed the risk. He didn't
:03:07. > :03:11.discuss that with a patient, he didn't know what the risk was if
:03:11. > :03:16.the patient continued to drink. He didn't see their patient at all and
:03:16. > :03:20.that is where he went wrong. family hope lessons will be learnt
:03:20. > :03:23.as a result of the verdicts. A man has appeared in court today in
:03:23. > :03:26.connection with an attempted robbery at a florists in Old
:03:26. > :03:29.Trafford. Another man died from stab wounds during the incident. 30
:03:29. > :03:33.year-old Gary Mullings from New Moston was taken to hospital on
:03:33. > :03:36.Tuesday night but died a short time later. The shopkeeper was arrested
:03:36. > :03:41.on suspicion of murder but he's now been bailed. Kyle Mullings, who's
:03:41. > :03:44.20, has been charged with robbery and remanded in custody.
:03:44. > :03:48.An investigation is continuing today after a light aircraft crash
:03:48. > :03:51.in Salford in which one man died and another was critically injured.
:03:51. > :03:56.The plane exploded into flames when it hit houses at Peel Green shortly
:03:56. > :03:59.after take off from Barton Airport on Friday. Ian Daglish who was 59
:03:59. > :04:02.and from Alderley Edge died yesterday.
:04:02. > :04:06.Liverpool City Council have announced plans for a purpose-built
:04:06. > :04:10.facility, for people with dementia. It will be constructed next to
:04:10. > :04:15.Sedgemoor Care Home in Norris Green and will be used by up to 30 people
:04:15. > :04:18.a day when it opens in 2012. The new centre will be used for respite
:04:18. > :04:23.care and there'll be an enclosed garden with allotments and raised
:04:24. > :04:29.beds. Whether an hour and a mild night
:04:29. > :04:35.with mainly cloudy skies. Showery rain becoming widespread across the
:04:36. > :04:40.region as the night progresses. Light winds down to 14 Celsius
:04:40. > :04:45.overnight. Ahead to tomorrow, showers or longer spells of rain,