France pensioners killer "a monster": relatives A French care worker was charged Thursday with the fatal poisoning of six pensioners in a case that has chilling echoes of British medical serial killer Harold Shipman. The 30-year-old woman has also been charged with attempting to poison three other elderly residents of the Cesalet retirement home on the outskirts of Chambery in the French Alps. On Friday, relatives of some of the victims described the culprit as 'a monster.' Images and soundbites.