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In 2000 he was convicted on 15 counts of murder and one count of forgery and sentenced to life in prison. Shipman committed suicide while in prison, hanging himself in his cell.

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First phase of inquiry report is published, concluding that the GP killed at least 215 of his patients and possible more. 171 were women, 44 were men, the oldest was a 93-year-old woman and the youngest was a 47-year-old man.

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He was fined £600 for forging prescriptions of painkiller pethidine, which he had become addicted to.

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Harold Shipman - Murderer | Mini Bio | BIO

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A public inquiry was launched in June 2001 to investigate the extent of his crimes, how they went undetected for so long, and what could be done to prevent a repeat of the tragedy.

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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.

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A government inquiry was ordered to determine how many more patients Shipman may have murdered; in 2005 an official report found that he had killed an estimated 250 people beginning in 1971.

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An 81-year-old woman, was discovered dead in her home only hours after Shipman visited her. Her family was perplexed by the suddenness of her death (she had appeared to be in good health).

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British doctor and serial killer who murdered about 250 of his patients, according to an official inquiry into his crimes.

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"The police complain I'm boring. No mistresses, home abroad, money in Swiss banks, I'm normal. If that is boring I am."
- Harold Shipman