28 March 2014
Last updated at 23:57
Victorino Chua was first arrested in January 2012 but was released on bail
A nurse has been charged with the murder of three people following their deaths at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport in 2011.
Victorino Chua, 48, of Churchill Street, Heaton Norris, is also charged with 31 other offences including GBH and attempted poisoning.
He is accused of murdering patients Tracey Arden, 44, Arnold Lancaster, 71, and Alfred Derek Weaver, 83.
He will appear at Manchester Magistrates’ Court on Saturday.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said Mr Chua faced one count of causing grievous bodily harm with intent, 22 counts of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent and eight offences of attempting to administer poison, under the Offences Against the Person Act.
Investigators have been examining the contamination of various medical products between June 1 and July 15, 2011 at the hospital.
Eighteen patients were deliberately poisoned by contaminated products, according to GMP, and eight later died.
In addition to Ms Arden, Mr Lancaster and Mr Weaver, William Dickson, 82, Linda McDonagh, 60, John Beeley, 73, Beryl Hope, 70, and Mary Cartwright, 89, were killed.