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How death of Kathleen Grundy led to sadistic serial killer Harold Shipman's capture
BBC Two documentary will take a deeper look at the crimes of sadistic serial killerHarold Shipman.The former GP was found guilty of killing 15 of his patients back in 2000 – but an inquiry later found he had murdered around 250.Between 1971 and 1998 Shipman killed mostly elderly female patients by injecting them with diamorphine – the medical name for heroin.For more than 25 years Shipman got away with murder from his GP surgery in Hyde.But his crimes eventually caught up with him after he killed his last victim – 81-year-old Kathleen Grundy.The first episode of Shipman Files: A Very British Crime Story looks at how his serial killing was finally uncovered.Despite her impressive years, the former mayoress of Hyde was fit and healthy.Shipman
