Harold Shipman was a loving husband, a father of four and a respected GP - he was also Britain's worst serial killer and the only doctor ever convicted of murdering his own patients.
Shipman was found guilty of the murders of 15 of his patients but it is believed he is responsible for at least 250 deaths. He mainly targeted elderly women, 80 per cent of his victims were female OAPs.
But his youngest victim could have been just four. Shipman's confirmed youngest victim was a 41-year-old man. For more than two decades his chilling crimes went undiscovered.
After graduating as a doctor from Leeds University, Shipman first worked in a hospital in Pontefract before choosing to become a GP in 1974.
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