Serial Killer Shipman Orchestrated Suicide to Ensure Wife’s £100k Pension Payout
London, UK – Notorious serial killer Harold Shipman, who was convicted in January 2000 and sentenced to life in prison, died by suicide in prison on Jan. 13, 2004. According to prison records, Shipman planned his suicide strategically to ensure his wife would receive a £100,000 pension payout. The scheme involved Shipman ending his life before his 60th birthday, guaranteeing the lump sum payment and an annual pension for Mrs. Shipman. Shipman’s motives for his …