Catherine Hudson, 54, was found guilty of administering unprescribed sedatives to two patients over the course of 21 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She was also found guilty of conspiring to deliver a sedative to a third patient with her colleague Charlotte Wilmot, 48.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cops said they committed the offences in 2017 at the Blackpool Victoria hospital in Lancashire for their “own amusement” and “to spite the patients.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hudson boasted in a text exchange that she’d drugged a patient “within an inch of her life,” adding, “Bet she’s flat for a week, ha ha.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She utilised a variety of medicines, including the insomnia medication zopiclone, which can be fatal if administered incorrectly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The offences were committed between February 2017 and November 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prosecutor Peter Wright KC said they treated patients \u201cwith contempt\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Judge Robert Altham remanded Hudson into custody following the verdicts, which were reached after nearly 14 hours of deliberation, and told her she faced jail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wilmot, an assistant practitioner, was granted bail and was told the “overwhelming likelihood” was that she too would be caged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n