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Dr.Shipman has been found hanging in his prison cell. Good riddance. I'll see if I can find some more news somewhere of it.
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HAROLD SHIPMAN DEAD
Britain's most prolific serial killer Harold Shipman has died after hanging himself with bed sheets in his cell at Wakefield prison - the day before his 58th birthday.
Shipman, believed to be responsible for more than 200 murders, was found hanged from the window bars at 6.20am, the Prison Service said.
Attempts by prison staff to revive him failed and he was pronounced dead by a doctor just under two hours later.
The ex-GP had briefly been on suicide watch at two other jails but never at Wakefield.
"He was showing no signs whatsoever of pre-suicidal behaviour at all," said a Prison Service spokeswoman.
"There was absolutely no indication that this was coming and he was giving no cause for concern."
An investigation is to be carried out by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman Stephen Shaw.
Shipman was jailed for murdering 15 patients while working as a family doctor in Hyde, Greater Manchester.
An inquiry found he killed at least 215 people in Hyde and Todmorden, West Yorkshire, over a 23-year period.
His victims were mainly unsuspecting middle-aged and elderly women patients, many of whom he killed with deadly diamorphine injections.
Relatives of Shipman's victims have reacted to his death with shock.
Kathleen Wood, whose 83-year-old mother Bessie Baddeley died in 1997, said: "I am not sorry he has gone.
"I just wish he had been forthcoming and admitted he had done those things - it would have put a lot of people's minds at rest."
A statement from the Prison Service read: "Mr Shipman was found hanging in his cell at 6.20am.
"Despite the best efforts of staff who immediately attempted resuscitation he was pronounced dead by a doctor at 8.10am.
"Since arriving at Wakefield on June 18 2003, Shipman had never been on a suicide watch and was on normal location and following a normal regime," the statement added.
Shipman's death comes after his privileges were taken away as a punishment for his rudeness and arrogance to prison staff and other inmates.
The television in his cell was removed and he had to wear the prison uniform instead of more comfortable casual clothes.
A prison source has been quoted as saying: "He has got such an offensive, obnoxious attitude."
Shipman was brought to justice after a bungled attempt to forge the £386,000 will of one of his victims, an 81-year-old former mayoress of Hyde, Kathleen Grundy.
His conviction led to a widespread review of medical practices in an attempt to cover loopholes that allowed him to carry on killing.
The father-of-four never admitted killing his patients and was planning an appeal against his conviction.
Now it seems no-one will ever know how many people her murdered - or why.
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HAROLD SHIPMAN DEAD
Britain's most prolific serial killer Harold Shipman has died after hanging himself with bed sheets in his cell at Wakefield prison - the day before his 58th birthday.
Shipman, believed to be responsible for more than 200 murders, was found hanged from the window bars at 6.20am, the Prison Service said.
Attempts by prison staff to revive him failed and he was pronounced dead by a doctor just under two hours later.
The ex-GP had briefly been on suicide watch at two other jails but never at Wakefield.
"He was showing no signs whatsoever of pre-suicidal behaviour at all," said a Prison Service spokeswoman.
"There was absolutely no indication that this was coming and he was giving no cause for concern."
An investigation is to be carried out by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman Stephen Shaw.
Shipman was jailed for murdering 15 patients while working as a family doctor in Hyde, Greater Manchester.
An inquiry found he killed at least 215 people in Hyde and Todmorden, West Yorkshire, over a 23-year period.
His victims were mainly unsuspecting middle-aged and elderly women patients, many of whom he killed with deadly diamorphine injections.
Relatives of Shipman's victims have reacted to his death with shock.
Kathleen Wood, whose 83-year-old mother Bessie Baddeley died in 1997, said: "I am not sorry he has gone.
"I just wish he had been forthcoming and admitted he had done those things - it would have put a lot of people's minds at rest."
A statement from the Prison Service read: "Mr Shipman was found hanging in his cell at 6.20am.
"Despite the best efforts of staff who immediately attempted resuscitation he was pronounced dead by a doctor at 8.10am.
"Since arriving at Wakefield on June 18 2003, Shipman had never been on a suicide watch and was on normal location and following a normal regime," the statement added.
Shipman's death comes after his privileges were taken away as a punishment for his rudeness and arrogance to prison staff and other inmates.
The television in his cell was removed and he had to wear the prison uniform instead of more comfortable casual clothes.
A prison source has been quoted as saying: "He has got such an offensive, obnoxious attitude."
Shipman was brought to justice after a bungled attempt to forge the £386,000 will of one of his victims, an 81-year-old former mayoress of Hyde, Kathleen Grundy.
His conviction led to a widespread review of medical practices in an attempt to cover loopholes that allowed him to carry on killing.
The father-of-four never admitted killing his patients and was planning an appeal against his conviction.
Now it seems no-one will ever know how many people her murdered - or why.