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| Murderous Dr. Shipman 'was told to hang himself' |
| 2005-04-12 |
| Killer GP Harold Shipman said a prison officer had told him to "go and hang himself", a fellow inmate told an inquest. Lifer David Smith told a jury at Leeds Crown Court that Shipman was his best friend in Wakefield Prison, where the struck-off doctor was found hanging in his cell in January last year. Smith, who was given a life sentence in 1999, told the inquest he overheard a conversation between Shipman and another inmate about what a prison officer had said to him. He said: "I did hear him say that an officer told him to go and hang himself and if he didn't know how to do it, he'd be shown how to do it." Smith told the jury that some of Shipman's privileges had been removed a month before his death. He said the ex-GP told him he was being bullied because he would not form relationships with the officers at the jail. Smith said: "He said it was because he wouldn't talk to officers but he said that is 'their way of getting at me'." He said Shipman, 57, told him: "They're bullying me because I wouldn't talk to officers." Smith, handcuffed to a prison guard, was giving evidence on the second day of the inquest into Shipman's death. He said he regularly played cards with Shipman and other inmates and the doctor never seemed suicidal. Smith said: "I couldn't see any suicidal tendencies. He never talked about it or anything." The late Dr. Shipman was believed to have killed as many as 150 of his own patients. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #4 I have it on good authority that only Spembles are capable of pondering such depth. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-04-12 11:09:12 PM |
| #3 How can Shipman live with himself after he died? I don't get it. |
| Posted by: Whutch Sneth6118 2005-04-12 10:50:00 PM |
| #2 a year ago - and still posting. Eerie |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-04-12 6:33:32 PM |
| #1 I'm rarely late. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-04-12 6:18:10 PM |