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Niels Hoegel (42), believed to be the worst serial killer in modern German history, liked to put patients into cardiac arrest because he enjoyed the feeling of being able to resuscitate them.

A former nurse who liked to put patients into cardiac arrest because he enjoyed the feeling of being able to resuscitate them was convicted Thursday of 85 counts of murder, making him what is believed to be the worst serial killer in modern German history.

Oldenburg court judge Sebastian Buehrmann sentenced 42-year-old Niels Hoegel to life in prison and noted the “particular seriousness of the crimes” in his verdict.

Sentenced to life The worst serial killer in modern German history

During his first trial, Mr. Hoegel said he intentionally brought about cardiac crises in some 90 patients in Delmenhorst because he enjoyed the feeling of being able to resuscitate them. He later told investigators that he also killed patients in Oldenburg.

Authorities subsequently investigated hundreds of deaths, exhuming bodies of former patients.

In all Mr. Hoegel was tried in Oldenburg on 100 counts of murder, but the court found him not guilty on 15 counts for lack of evidence.

Sentenced to life The worst serial killer in modern German history

Pleas are not entered in the German system and during the seven-month trial, Mr. Hoegel admitted to 43 of the killings, disputed five and said he couldn’t remember the other 52.

“Now I sit here fully convinced that I want to give every relative an answer,” Mr. Hoegel said during the trial. “I am really sorry.”

In his closing statement to the court on Wednesday, Mr. Hoegel reiterated the apology, expressing shame and remorse, and saying he realized how much pain and suffering he had caused with his “terrible deeds.”

“To each and every one of you I sincerely apologize for all that I have done,” he said.

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