A nurse who injected thousands of elderly people with saline solution instead of a COVID-19 vaccine has avoided time in jail.
Red Cross nurse Antje T, 39, was found guilty of six counts of intentional assault by Oldenburg District Court in Lower Saxony state, Germany, on Nov. 30 and had her license revoked.
However, she was given just six months of probation, according to Daily Mail, although the verdict may be re-appealed.
According to prosecutors, the nurse injected around 8,600 elderly individuals, comprising mainly of hospital workers, educators, and doctors aged over 70 years with saline as opposed to the COVID-19 vaccine.
The shots were administered between March 5 and April 2021 while the nurse was working at a vaccination center in Friesland, prosecutors said….