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Alice Prestwich becomes 55th victim of UK serial killer Shipman

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The chilling fact is that despite this 69-year-old lady being his 55th victim, it would be another 10 years, and another 250 victims before his killing spree was stopped by the authorities. Dr Harold Shipman was a father and a family doctor who was trusted to visit the elderly in their homes. He abused this trust to deliver fatal morphine overdoses, alter the victims’ wills and acquire their assets...