Beverley Allitt, or the “Angel of Death” as she became known, has become one of Britain’s most notorious female serial killers. This is made more shocking by the fact that whilst she went on a killing spree that claimed four young lives, and attempted the murder of nine other victims, she befriended the parents of her victims with her caring and solicitous manner.
Allitt exhibited some worrying tendencies early on, whilst growing up as one of four children, including the wearing of dressings and casts over wounds that she would use to draw attention to herself, without actually allowing these injuries to be examined...