Harold Shipman, MD |
Medical professionals too can have an agenda. Michael Swango, MD, now incarcerated, got a thrill from killing his patients.[3] Consider also Harold Shipman, a doctor in the UK, who not only killed his patients, but stole from them and in one case made himself a beneficiary of the patient’s will.[4]
Footnotes
[1] R v Morant [2018] QSC 251, Order, 11/02/18, p. 11, paragraph 78, https://archive.sclqld.org.au/qjudgment/2018/QSC18-251.pdf (“you counselled and aided your wife to kill herself because you wanted to get your hands on the 1.4 million [life insurance payout]”)
[2] KTVZ.com, “Sawyer Arraigned on State Fraud Charges,” 07/14/11, in the Appendix at page 9.
[3] Charlie Leduff, “Prosecutors Say Doctor Killed to Feel a Thrill,” The New York Times, 09/07/2000 (“Basically, Dr. Swango liked to kill people. By his own admission in his diary, he killed because it thrilled him”), attached in the Appendix at pages 10-12. See also: CBSNEWS.COM STAFF, “Life in Jail for Poison Doctor, July 12, 2000.
[4] David Batty, “Q & A: Harold Shipman,” The Guardian, 08/25/05, attached in the Appendix at pages 13 through 15. See also Fiona Guy, “Healthcare Serial Killers: Doctors and Nurses Who Kill,” Crime Traveller, (2015, Sept 09), excerpts in the Appendix at pages 16-19.
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