{"id":169541,"date":"2023-01-13T15:27:42","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T15:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=169541"},"modified":"2023-01-13T15:27:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T15:27:42","slug":"evil-dr-death-harold-shipman-planned-own-prison-death-to-get-wife-big-payout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/evil-dr-death-harold-shipman-planned-own-prison-death-to-get-wife-big-payout\/","title":{"rendered":"Evil ‘Dr Death’ Harold Shipman planned own prison death ‘to get wife big payout’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Depraved murder Harold Shipman tried to plot his own death so that his wife could bag a whopping \u00a3100,000 pension payout.<\/p>\n

Shipman was jailed for murdering 15 people but his total tally is believed to reach a sickening 250 victims during his 25-year career as a GP.<\/p>\n

The sick doctor, who was given the nickname of Dr Death typically killed elderly women with lethal doses of diamorphine and then tampered with their medical records to dodge suspicion.<\/p>\n

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He was finally jailed in 2000 but after just four years at HMP Wakefield, he ended up becoming his own final victim.<\/p>\n

On January 13, 2004 – a day before his 58th birthday – the Nottingham-born medic hanged himself inside his cell. <\/p>\n

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Shockingly it was revealed in 2016 that the monster had plotted his own death so his wife Primose could pocket his cool \u00a3100,000 pension payout. <\/p>\n

To activate the pension pot, Shipman needed to die before his 60th birthday, which would also see her set for life with a further \u00a310,000 a year from his GP pension being sent to her.<\/p>\n

Having stuck by him despite learning of his sick crimes, she was rewarded for her loyalty with the bonus.<\/p>\n

Since receiving the money, his wife has not been heard from \u2013 her current whereabouts are unknown.<\/p>\n

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