Shipman's suicide the 'easy way out'

Killer doctor Harold Shipman took the secrets of 215 murders to the grave when he was found hanged in his prison cell today.

Killer doctor Harold Shipman took the secrets of 215 murders to the grave when he was found hanged in his prison cell today.

Britain’s most prolific serial killer was discovered before dawn with a ligature made from bedsheets, hiding behind a curtain in his cell.

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