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Article: He called to say that my mother was dead. But he had killed my husband's by mistake; SHIPMAN SUICIDE: AS AN INQUIRY BEGINS, ONE FAMILY'S TALE OF DOCTOR'S TRUE CALLOUSNESS AND HOW HE MAY HAVE MADE SHOCKING MIX-UP.
- Article from:
- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 14, 2004
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Byline: PAUL PALMER
WHEN Angela and Peter Wagstaff buried his mother Laura, who had died aged 81, they asked that mourners and wellwishers not send flowers to the small family funeral. Instead, they suggested making a donation to the patients' fund at the local doctors' surgery.
It was the kind of charitable gift that Laura herself - who died suddenly despite no serious illness, and was a relatively wealthy woman - would have appreciated. She liked her doctor, Harold Shipman. And the few hundred pounds mourners sent was gratefully received by Shipman, who promised to use it to help his patients.
"We looked to him as that kind of doctor," Angela ...