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12/04/2005
Shipman told to hang himself, inmate claims
A fellow prisoner has claimed that serial killer Harold Shipman was told by a prison officer to "go and hang himself".
On the second day of the inquest into the death of the 57-year-old former GP, David Smith told Leeds Crown Court that he heard Shipman tell another inmate what the prison officer allegedly said to him.
Harold Shipman was found hanging in his cell in Wakefield Prison on January 13 last year, the day before his 58th birthday. He was convicted of murdering 15 of his patients in 2000, although an inquiry into his murders concluded that he probably killed around 250 patients between 1971 and 1998.
Smith, who said that Shipman had been his best friend in the prison, told the inquest that Shipman had claimed that prison staff were bullying him because he wouldn't talk to the officers.
Smith, who received a life sentence in 1999, told the inquest that he "couldn't see any suicidal tendencies" in Shipman.
Smith's claims follow the revelations of Shipman's widow, Primrose, who told the inquest yesterday that she had no indication that Shipman had intended to commit suicide.
The inquest continues.
(KmcA)
On the second day of the inquest into the death of the 57-year-old former GP, David Smith told Leeds Crown Court that he heard Shipman tell another inmate what the prison officer allegedly said to him.
Harold Shipman was found hanging in his cell in Wakefield Prison on January 13 last year, the day before his 58th birthday. He was convicted of murdering 15 of his patients in 2000, although an inquiry into his murders concluded that he probably killed around 250 patients between 1971 and 1998.
Smith, who said that Shipman had been his best friend in the prison, told the inquest that Shipman had claimed that prison staff were bullying him because he wouldn't talk to the officers.
Smith, who received a life sentence in 1999, told the inquest that he "couldn't see any suicidal tendencies" in Shipman.
Smith's claims follow the revelations of Shipman's widow, Primrose, who told the inquest yesterday that she had no indication that Shipman had intended to commit suicide.
The inquest continues.
(KmcA)
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