11 of the most notorious prisoners to be held at Durham's Frankland Prison
As it is confirmed that double killer Stephen Unwin is being held at HMP Frankland we look at some of the most notorious figures to be held in Durham’s Frankland jail.
By Kevin Clark
Published 13th Jan 2020, 15:25 BST
Updated 15th Jan 2020, 09:50 BST
From Harold Shipman to the Yorkshire Ripper, here are some of the jail’s most infamous inmates past and present.
13. Undated Greater Manchester Police handout photo of Dr Harold Shipman, Britain's most prolific serial killer. Rebecca Leighton, the nurse arrested on suspicion of sabotage at a hospital where police are investigating three deaths stole opiate-based drugs - like Shipman, a disciplinary hearing was told today. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday September 14, 2011. Leighton, 27, spent more than six weeks in custody after she was accused of tampering with medical products at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport. Criminal charges against her were dropped on September 2. See PA story POLICE Hospital. Photo credit should read: Greater Manchester Police/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
Believed to be the most prolific serial killer in history, Dr Harold Shipman was a GP in Greater Manchester.
He was convicted in January 2000 of murdering of 15 patients under his care, though it is believed the total number of victims could be as high as 250. Most of his victims were elderly women, though there was "significant suspicion" he had killed patients as young as four.
Shipman hanged himself in his cell at Wakefield Prison in January 2004. Photo: Greater Manchester Police