Evil Serial Killers

It may be, as several commentators have pointed out, that he enjoyed the sense of having control over life and death, and that over the years he became addicted to this sense of power

Four years later, without warning, he hanged himself in his prison cell.

) He was contemptuous of the police and the court, and continued to protest his innocence to the end.

During his trial, Shipman showed no remorse

His victims always died suddenly, often with no previous record of terminal illness; and they were usually found sitting in a chair, fully clothed, rather than in bed.

he is estimated to have killed at least 236 patients

PILLAR OF THE COMMUNITY

In his new job, the hard-working Shipman soon earned the respect of his colleagues and patients.

he met and married his future wife Primrose; the pair went on to have four children, as Shipman began his career as a doctor in general practice

he made little effort to make friends

when his mother became seriously ill with lung cancer. The young Shipman took on the role of carer to his mother