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Dr. Harold Frederick SHIPMAN
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 


A.K.A.: "Doctor Death"
 
Classification: Serial killer
Characteristics: Poisoner - One of the most prolific serial killers in recorded history
Number of victims: 15 - 215 +
Date of murders: 1974-1975 / 1977-1998
Date of arrest: September 7, 1998
Date of birth: January 14, 1946
Victims profile: Marie West, 81 / Irene Turner, 67 / Lizzie Adams, 77 / Jean Lilley, 59 / Ivy Lomas, 63 / Muriel Grimshaw, 76 / Marie Quinn, 67 / Kathleen Wagstaff, 81 / Bianka Pomfret, 49 / Norah Nuttall, 64 / Pamela Hillier, 68 / Maureen Ward, 57 / Winifred Mellor, 73 / Joan Melia, 73 / Kathleen Grundy, 81 (patients)
Method of murder: Poisoning (lethal injections of diamorphine)
Location: West Yorkshire/Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Status: Found guilty of 15 murders. Sentenced to life imprisonment and the judge recommended that he never be released on January 31, 2000. Committed suicide by hanging himself in his cell at Wakefield Prison in West Yorkshire on January 13, 2004
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Shipman Inquiry

The Second Report

The Police Investigation of March 1998


 Summary

Chapter 1 - Concerns Are Raised

Chapter 2 - The Coroner Becomes Involved

Chapter 3 - The Investigation Under Way

Chapter 4 - The Register Office

Chapter 5 - The Next Steps in the Investigation

Chapter 6 - The Approach to the Health Authority

Chapter 7 - The Examination of the Medical Records

Chapter 8 - Further Inquiries

Chapter 9 - Dr Banks Advised Detective Inspector Smith

Chapter 10 - Detective Inspector Smith's Visit to the Crematory

Chapter 11 - Detective Inspector Smith's Knowledge of the Death of Miss Ada Warburton

Chapter 12 - Mr Alan Massey Visits Shipman

Chapter 13 - The End of Investigation

Chapter 14 - Internal Enquiries by the Greater Manchester Police

Chapter 15 - An Analysis of Dr Banks' Role

Chapter 16 - Conclusions


Complete Second Report (1,4 Mb)
 

 

 
 
 
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