Doctor guilty of killing intensive care patient

A doctor who killed an intensive care patient with an injection of adrenaline after ignoring the advice of colleagues has been convicted of manslaughter.

Indian-born Priya Ramnath was given a suspended six-month jail sentence after being found guilty of killing Patricia Leighton in 1998 following a trial at Birmingham Crown Court.

The four-week hearing heard how Mrs Leighton, from Burntwood, near Cannock, Staffordshire, died of heart failure shortly after being given adrenaline by Ramnath at Stafford District General Hospital.