GERMANY TRIALSInternal specialist Mechthild Bach sits in the court room at the beginning of a trial at the State Court in Hanover , Germany , 18 January 2011 . The state court of Hanover now wants to sum up the results and make a decision in one of the most extensive and costly trials of the past years . The 60 - year - old former oncologist is accused of homicide . She is suspected of having killed 13 patients with high dose of painkillers . The court is now expected make a decision after looking at six individual cases . EPA / PETER STEFFEN < 뉴스 의 새 시대 , 연합뉴스 Live > < 모바일 애플리케이션 > < 포토 매거진 >< 저작권자 ( c ) 연합뉴스 . 무단 전재 - 재배 포금 지 . >