Dr. Harold Shipman was born January 1946, the second of the four children. Dr. Shipman did not have the best childhood. His mother past away of cancer when he was only 17 years of age. Shortly after medical school Shipman married a lady named Primrose (Gunn, 2010). He started work at Pontefract General Infirmary in Pontefract. He took his first job as a general practitioner. He worked there until his health failed him. This is where Fred became addicted to painkiller Pethidine. Fred forged large amounts of drugs through prescriptions and was forced to leave the practice. Soon Shipman enter a drug rehab program. He made a full recovery. “After involvement of a Home Office drugs inspector, he was interviewed by police. At first, he refused to talk to them, but …show more content…
Shipman was the last person to see her alive and had signed her death certificate which said that she had died of old age. Grundy's daughter became concerned because solicitor Brain Burgess informed her that Kathleen had made a will that excluded her and her children but left GBP 386,000 to Shipman(Kennedy, 2009). Grundy's daughter complained to the police. Kathleen's body was exhumed and was found to have traces of diamorphine that is used in terminal cancer patients. Shipman was found to own a typewriter that was used to make the. “After the conviction of Harold Shipman in January 2000, it became evident that he had 'driven a cart and horses' through the regulatory systems for controlled drugs, death certification and the coroner's system. He had also called into question the public's confidence in the health-care system” (Saunders, 2005). Dr. Shipman refused to take part in the inquiries and never admitted guilt. He remained in prison and committed suicide in 2004 (Kennedy,