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Harold Shipman's victims were mainly from which age group?

  • Teenagers

  • Middle-aged

  • Elderly

  • Children

Answer

The majority of Harold Shipman's victims were elderly individuals, primarily women, who were under his care as a general practitioner in Hyde, Greater Manchester, England. Shipman took advantage of his position of trust and abused his medical knowledge to administer lethal doses of diamorphine, a strong painkiller, to his victims. This resulted in the untimely and unnecessary deaths of numerous elderly patients under his care.
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