Antimulticulture
2005-03-17 22:51:55 UTC
Shipman's widow claims jewellery
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1322882.html?menu=
March 17th, 2005
Wedding rings belonging to the murder victims of Dr Harold Shipman may be
given to the mass killer's wife, police said.
Primrose Shipman has asked for a £10,000 hoard of jewellery to be given to
her after the items were seized from the garage at the Shipman family home
when the doctor was first arrested.
The 70 items of jewellery include a quantity of wedding rings and also
necklaces, brooches, bracelets and earrings of varying value.
Police believe some of the items may have been stolen by Britain's biggest
serial killer after injecting his victims with morphine overdoses.
But unless the families of victims can prove the items belonged to their
murdered loved ones, police must return the items to the killer's wife.
Shipman is estimated to have murdered at least 250 patients in a killing
spree spanning two decades. He was found hanged in Wakefield Prison in
January last year after being given 15 life sentences in January 2000.
Police have now written to 180 families urging them to try to identify the
jewellery.
Detective Superintendent Steve Heywood, of Greater Manchester Police, said:
"As part of the police investigation of Dr Harold Shipman that began in July
1998, officers seized a large quantity of jewellery from the garage of his
home. Items that the Shipman family could prove belonged to them were
returned.
"The remaining items have since been in the possession of Greater Manchester
Police. No evidence was found to support the theory at the time that it was
stolen property, but it has always been our unsubstantiated belief that some
of that jewellery may have belonged to Shipman's victims.
"We recently received correspondence from a solicitors' firm acting on
behalf of Mrs Primrose Shipman, asking for items seized during the
investigation to be returned to her. Jewellery that cannot be positively
identified will be returned to Dr Shipman's next of kin as required under
the Police Property Act."
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Jim
http://www.antimulticulture.0catch.com
Union Against Multi-Culty
"Abolish Multiculty and String Up The Traitors"
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1322882.html?menu=
March 17th, 2005
Wedding rings belonging to the murder victims of Dr Harold Shipman may be
given to the mass killer's wife, police said.
Primrose Shipman has asked for a £10,000 hoard of jewellery to be given to
her after the items were seized from the garage at the Shipman family home
when the doctor was first arrested.
The 70 items of jewellery include a quantity of wedding rings and also
necklaces, brooches, bracelets and earrings of varying value.
Police believe some of the items may have been stolen by Britain's biggest
serial killer after injecting his victims with morphine overdoses.
But unless the families of victims can prove the items belonged to their
murdered loved ones, police must return the items to the killer's wife.
Shipman is estimated to have murdered at least 250 patients in a killing
spree spanning two decades. He was found hanged in Wakefield Prison in
January last year after being given 15 life sentences in January 2000.
Police have now written to 180 families urging them to try to identify the
jewellery.
Detective Superintendent Steve Heywood, of Greater Manchester Police, said:
"As part of the police investigation of Dr Harold Shipman that began in July
1998, officers seized a large quantity of jewellery from the garage of his
home. Items that the Shipman family could prove belonged to them were
returned.
"The remaining items have since been in the possession of Greater Manchester
Police. No evidence was found to support the theory at the time that it was
stolen property, but it has always been our unsubstantiated belief that some
of that jewellery may have belonged to Shipman's victims.
"We recently received correspondence from a solicitors' firm acting on
behalf of Mrs Primrose Shipman, asking for items seized during the
investigation to be returned to her. Jewellery that cannot be positively
identified will be returned to Dr Shipman's next of kin as required under
the Police Property Act."
--
Jim
http://www.antimulticulture.0catch.com
Union Against Multi-Culty
"Abolish Multiculty and String Up The Traitors"