Harold Shipman: Inquiry launched in response to allegations that the Greater Manchester Police force secretly disposed of human tissue samples of victims of the deceased former doctor serial killer; Force also faces allegations of corruption; The Independent;

STORY: "Greater Manchester police faces corruption storm after whistleblower goes to IPCC, forcing deputy head of Hillsborough investigation to step down," by reporter Jonathan Brown," published by the Independent on March 18, 2014.

GIST: "The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said it had launched three inquiries into the actions of a number of GMP staff including the suggestion the force misled the families of victims of serial killer Harold Shipman as well as the public over the secret disposal of human tissue samples.........One of the force’s most respected officers, he was a senior figure in the still ongoing inquiry into the suspected poisoning deaths at Stepping Hill hospital as well as being charged with examining reports that GMP officers attended demonstrations organised by the British National Party......... “I have taken steps to inform the Hillsborough families and other interested parties of recent developments. I and my team remain absolutely committed to supporting the forthcoming Inquests into the deaths of 96 Liverpool supporters at Hillsborough Stadium on 15th April 1989,” he said in a statement. Operation Resolve is tasked with helping the coroner to decide whether the deaths of the football fans were unlawful. The inquest is due to begin at the end of this month.........The first inquiry by the police watchdog will focus on human tissue believed to include organs taken from the exhumed bodies of 12 of Harold Shipman’s victims and retained for more than a decade by police in case of an appeal by the killer or his family before being secretly destroyed.
GMP Chief Constable Sir Peter Fahy said the decision had been taken to spare the families who had lost loved ones further anguish. Sir Peter said decisions surrounding the Shipman investigation were “complex and sensitive”."

The entire story can be found at:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/greater-manchester-police-faces-corruption-storm-after-whistleblower-goes-to-ipcc-forcing-deputy-head-of-hillsborough-investigation-to-step-down-9198079.html

See Wikipedia entry: "Harold Fredrick Shipman^[1] (14 January 1946 – 13 January 2004) was a British doctor and one of the most prolific serial killers in recorded history by proven murders with up to 250 murders being ascribed to him. On 31 January 2000, a jury found Shipman guilty of 15 murders. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and the judge recommended that he never be released. After his trial, the Shipman Inquiry, chaired by Dame Janet Smith, began on 1 September 2000. Lasting almost two years, it was an investigation into all deaths certified by Shipman. About 80% of his victims were women. His youngest victim was a 41-year-old man.^[2] Much of Britain's legal structure concerning health care and medicine was reviewed and modified as a direct and indirect result of Shipman's crimes. Shipman is the only British doctor who has been found guilty of murdering his patients.^[3] Shipman died on 13 January 2004, after hanging himself in his cell at Wakefield Prison in West Yorkshire."

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Shipman

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