Wednesday 3rd Feb, 9.00pm
Harold Fredrick Shipman was convicted at Preston Crown Court on 31st January 2000 of the murder of 15 of his patients while he was a General Practitioner at Market Street, Hyde, near Manchester and of one count of forging a will. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. But although he was convicted of these 15 murders, he was almost certainly behind the deaths of at least 250 people, making him one of the world’s most prolific serial killers. To his patients he was dedicated, hard-working and popular – part of this popularity stemming from his willingness to visit elderly patients in their homes. But had there been clues to his deadly nature that had been missed by colleagues and patients? And how had he managed to cover his tracks so successfully without being suspected? Marking ten years since his conviction, this special follows Shipman’s trail of death up until his suicide in Wakefield Prison on 13th January 2004.
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