Decision: Murder. Ethel Bennett - The 80-year-old spinster of Cunliffe Street, Hyde, died at her home on December 19, 1988 after calling Shipman because of a wheezy chest. Fanny Nichols - The 84-year-old widow, of Ward Street, Hyde, died at her home following a lethal injection administered by Shipman on April 26 1993. Decision: Unlawful killing. Decision: Unlawful killing. Harold Shipman was caught after he murdered 81-year-old Kathleen Grundy. Fred Kellet - The 79-year-old married man who was suffering from leukaemia died at home at Knott Lane, Gee Cross, Hyde on new year's eve in 1985 after a visit from Shipman. It revealed Shipman targeted vulnerable elderly people who trusted him as he was their doctor. Decision: Unlawful killing. Once they died of Morphine overdose, he would make a fake death certificate signing for the natural cause of death. 171 were women, 44 were men, the oldest was a 93-year-old woman and the youngest was a 47-year-old man. James Joseph King - The 83-year-old died at his home at Ogden Court, Hyde, on December 24, 1997 after Shipman visited to treat him for light-headedness. Doctors are supposed to help people when theyre at their most vulnerable. Samuel Mills - The 89-year-old retired warehouseman, of Ogden Court, Hyde, died at his home on November 23, 1996 after being seen by Shipman. Doris Earls - The 79-year-old, of Brabyns Road, Gee Cross, Hyde, who acted as carer to her Alzheimer's disease suffering husband, died at her home on May 21, 1997 after a visit by Shipman. Hilda Hibbert - The 81-year-old widow of Joel Lane, Gee Cross, died on January 2, 1996 from a lethal injection after Shipman paid a home visit because she was feeling unwell. Joseph Leigh - The 78-year-old, who had a history of ill health, had suffered a stroke and was almost blind, died at his home at King George Road, Hyde, on December 16, 1993 after a visit from Shipman. Marjorie Parker - The 74-year-old died at her home in Werneth Avenue, Gee Cross, Hyde, on April 27, 1993 after Shipman visited her twice on the day of her death. Lena Slater - The 68-year-old spinster, who suffered from cancer, died after a home visit by Shipman at Newton Hall Court, Hyde, on May 2, 1997. John Sheard Greenhalgh - The 88-year-old widower, known as Jack, died at his home on Cheetham Fold Road, Hyde, on February 27, 1996 after a visit from Shipman. He was fined 600 and briefly attended a drug rehabilitation clinic in York. His mother, Vera, was overbearing and dominant and dictated everything about her son's life. Beatrice Helen Clee - The 78-year-old spinster, of King Edward Road, Gee Cross, Hyde, died at her home on May 12, 1989 shortly after a visit from Shipman. Harold Frederick Shipman was born on January 14, 1946, in Nottingham, England. Woodruff informed the police and they exhumated her mothers corpse and conducted a Post-mortem. Decision: Unlawful killing. Florence Taylor - The 83-year-old widow of Walker Close, Hyde, died at home on June 27, 1981. Decision: Unlawful killing. In most cases, Shipman injected the victim with a lethal dose of the painkiller diamorphine and then signed a death certificate attributing the incident to natural causes. He was the only doctor in the history of British medicine to be found guilty of murdering his patients. Decision: Unlawful killing. The motives for Harold Shipman's serial killing remain unclear, 10 years after his death By Alicia Queiro BBC Scotland The medical world was shattered when trusted GP Harold Shipman was. May I always act so as to preserve the finest traditions of my calling and may I long experience the joy of healing those who seek my help. These are the words from the oath taken by every medical practitioner in the world. Shipmans final victim, Kathleen Grundy, was found dead in her home on June 24th, Shipman being the last person to see her alive. Decision: Unlawful killing. Shipman was born in a middle-class family in England. [14] A year after his conviction on charges of murder, the interview was re-broadcast on Tonight with Trevor McDonald. Police raided Shipmans house to find a couple more forged medical records confirming various deaths as an act of Shipman. SERIAL KILLER HAROLD SHIPMAN 2 class family. Ernest Rudol - The 82-year old widower died at his home in Forrest Road, Haughton Green, Denton, on June 29, 1995 after a visit from Shipman. Elizabeth Fletcher - The 90-year-old, of St John's Drive, Godley, Hyde, died at her home on January 5, 1988 with Shipman present. Emily Wiliams - Died September 25, 1978. While authorities could have brought many additional charges, they concluded that a fair hearing would be impossible in view of the enormous publicity surrounding the original trial. Violet May Bird - The 60-year-old married woman, of Harehill Road, Hattersley, Hyde, died at her home on May 13, 1993 during a visit by Shipman. His oldest victim was Annie Cooper, aged 93. Mary Walls - The 78-year-old, of Werneth Avenue, Gee Cross, Hyde, died at home on November 14, 1997. [35] He was pronounced dead at 8:10a.m. A statement from Her Majesty's Prison Service indicated that he had hanged himself from the window bars of his cell using his bed sheets. Dorothy Fletcher - The 74-year-old widow, of Charnley House, Albert Road, Hyde, died at the home on April 23, 1986, 20 minutes after being seen by Shipman. Harold Shipman was Britain's most prolific serial killer. On January 13, 2004, Shipman was found hanged in his cell at Wakefield Prison. HAROLD SHIPMAN is commonly known as Britain's worst serial killer after 250 of his patients died while under his watch. Decision: Suspicion of unlawful killing. Harold Freeman - Died February 20, 1993. Further, the false drug prescription case was also discussed and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Decision: Unlawful killing. Renate Eldtraude Overton - The 47-year-old died at Tameside Hospital on April 21, 1995, two months after Shipman administered her morphine at her home in Green Street, Hyde, while she was struggling to breathe. Decision: Unlawful killing. Marjorie Hope Waller - The 79-year-old widow died at her home in Kew Avenue, Hyde, on April 18, 1996. The GP dubbed 'Dr Death' is believed to have killed 250 of his patients and lived in Rossington, Doncaster in the 1970s. According to investigators, Shipman would stop and restart his killing spree many times throughout his decades of terror. Public DomainHarold Shipman killed himself in his jail cell in 2004. Decision: Unlawful killing. If youre looking for something to watch tonight, check out our TV Guide. document.getElementById("ak_js_1").setAttribute("value",(new Date()).getTime()); Copyright 2023 Thomas Moult - The 70-year-old died at his home in Thorpe Hall Grove, Hyde, on June 26, 1985 after a visit from Shipman. A very similar example of Harold Shipman comes into my mind who could have been the worlds finest doctor instead turned into a serial killer due to the need for money too. Shipman possessed all the domineering traits his mother had, as a result of which he soon lost friends. Second, being, he was removing older people from the world to reduce the burden on the healthcare system, more like Euthanasia. Fanny Clarke - The 82-year-old widow, of Darwin Street, Newton, died at her home on May 18, 1996 with Shipman present at the moment of death. Shipman was present at the time of her death. Born in Nottingham in 1946, Shipman studied medicine at Leeds School of Medicine and began working as a general practitioner (GP) in 1974 at the Abraham Ormerod Medical Centre in Todmorden. On 13 January 2004, Shipman hanged himself in his cell in Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire. [34], Shipman hanged himself in his cell at HM Prison Wakefield at 6:20a.m. on 13 January 2004, aged 57. Found guilty of 15 murders. Alice Maude Gorton - The 76-year-old widow died in her home at Leigh Fold, Hyde, on August 10, 1979 after Shipman visited to treat her for angina. Erla Copeland - The 79-year-old widow, of Grosvenor Crescent, Hyde, died at her home on January 11, 1996 within 45 minutes of a visit by Shipman to take a blood sample. In 1970 he received a medical degree from Leeds University, and a few years later he became a general practitioner in Todmorden in Lancashire. suggested that "statistical monitoring could have led to an alarm being raised at the end of 1996, when there were 67 excess deaths in females aged over 65 years, compared with 119 by 1998."[23]. 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Harold Shipman is born on Nottingham's Bestwood council estate. Eric Wardle - The 60-year-old, of Strines Court, Hyde, died at home on January 9 1978. Decision: Unlawful killing. Decision: Unlawful killing. Decision: Suspicion of unlawful killing. Elsie Hannible - The 85-year-old widow of Rydal Avenue, Hyde, died after Shipman called at her home on July 24, 1996. [15], In March 1998, Linda Reynolds of the Brooke Surgery in Hyde expressed concerns to John Pollard, the coroner for the South Manchester District, about the high death rate among Shipman's patients. Florence Heywood - The 91-year-old widow died at her nursing home in Grange Road South, Hyde, on November 10, 1994. Mary Rose Dudley - The 79-year-old widow, of Werneth Road, Hyde, died at home on December 30, 1990 during a visit by Shipman, requested because she was feeling unwell. Decision: Unlawful killing. Decision: Unlawful killing. 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