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Harold Frederick Shipman, known to acquaintances as Fred Shipman, was an English doctor in general practice and serial killer. He is considered to be one of the most prolific serial killers in modern history, with an estimated 250 victims over roughly 30 years. On 31 January 2000, Shipman was convicted of murdering 15 patients under his care. He was sentenced to life imprisonment with a whole life…
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science · English doctor and serial killer (1946–2004) · physician · serial killer · also Harold Shipman, Harold Frederick Shipman, Fred Shipman, Shipman
Born 14 January 1946 · Died 13 January 2004 · Q310260
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Shipman was referenced in the third episode of series 3 of The Traitors, a reality television game show where "faithful" contestants are tasked with finding and banishing the titular "Traitors"
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DeadHappy, a Leicester-based life insurance firm, was criticised for using an image of Shipman in one of its advertisements
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“relatives and the media, the sale was withdrawn. Shipman effect The Shipman case, and a series of recommendations in the Shipman Inquiry report, led to changes to standard medical procedures in the UK (now referred to as the”
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It came to light that Shipman may have stolen jewellery from his victims
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Died 2004-01-13.
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Three years after Shipman had been convicted, a paper by statistician David Spiegelhalter and others found that Shipman's mortality rates had been broadly in line with national rates between 1988 and 1994, and started in
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When suspicions were first actually raised
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Police had seized over £10,000 worth of jewellery they found in his garage
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Guilty of serious professional misconduct for failing to report their concerns and for giving misleading evidence to the Shipman inquiry
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Becoming a respected member of the community
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Was interviewed in an edition of the Granada Television current affairs documentary World in Action on how the mentally ill should be treated in the community
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Took his first position as a general practitioner (GP) at the Abraham Ormerod Medical Centre in Todmorden
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With murdering a patient, amid rumours he had killed dozens more over a 10-year period and "possibly provided the role model for Shipman"
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Born 1946-01-14.
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