Nurse failed to report Shipman stealing

A NURSE who worked alongside serial killer Harold Shipman for three years broke down in tears yesterday as she explained why she had not reported the former GP for stealing controlled drugs.

Shipman sidestepped strict guidelines to build up a stockpile of diamorphine, the medical term for heroin, before using it to kill more than 200 of his patients.

Yesterday, a district nurse wept as she told the inquiry into his crimes of how she confronted him over a number of missing ampoules of the drug but then failed to report him because she trusted him.