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A Satanist nurse who snapped pictures of herself next to dying pensioner's in the old people's home where she worked - and then posted them on Facebook - has been fined £800 by a Swiss court.

Blaze Binder, 37, had been working at the home in Mogelsberg and published photos when it closed, adding she was the "soul thief" and writing "Hail Satan".

Filipino-born Binder told her 2,000 Facebook pals, where she goes by the name Ghostinthedark Satania Blaze, that she was harvesting souls, and asked them to guess if the OAPs were alive or dead.

Branded the devil nurse by local media, she also posed in a nurse's uniform outside an ambulance and in other images as a latex-clad dominatrix.

The Swiss Association of Nurses said it was "shocked and upset" by the pictures.

In another comment she wrote: "Gonna send them to Hell where some belong, the rest in the compost pit for fertilizers - hehehe".

In response to a comment suggesting the posting was improper, Binder wrote: "I can put anything I want in my Facebook (page) it’s mine. people who doesn’t want what I post they can juz up and die death is normal people die all the time!"

The court in St Gallen in Switzerland, about 85km from Zurich, found her guilty of "violating the peace of the dead" and breach of trust, and in addition to the fine, the court issued a suspended fine equivalent to 120 days of pay.

Interviewed by daily newspaper Blick when the case was first revealed, the tattooed employee called the photos "beautiful pictures" and said death was part of everyday life at the nursing home.

She added: "I do not understand that people are upset about the photos."

Relatives of the dead woman reacted with outrage when they learned of her actions.

The woman's son Ruedi Forrer, 66, said: "The images must instantly disappear from the internet.

"I do not understand for the life of me how such a thing can happen in a retirement home."

Adding to the scandal were additional pictures on the internet of Binder in her other profession as a "dominitrix".

On her Facebook home page she advertised her services in the Saint Gallen area as the "queen of pleasures".

Other photos showed whips and other "tools" that she uses for her work.