The most notorious prisoners ever to serve time at Strangeways revealed as prison's future in question
Serial murders, rapists and underworld bosses have all been ushered through the doors of Strangeways. HMP Manchester, which it is officially known as, was opened on June 25, 1868, and since then has seen famous executions, prison riots, and thousands of inmates.The council argued that the prison is 'coming to the end of its natural lifespan' and is not suitable for the 'significant remodelling and expansion' needed to bring it up to modern-day standards.
Dr Harold Shipman The doctor from Hyde was remanded at Strangeways for four months while he awaited trial for 15 counts of murder. In 30 years as a GP in the town, Shipman is believed to have killed between 215 and 260 people, injecting mainly elderly patients with lethal doses of diamorphine Cregan went on the run for 42 days, wanted for the double murder, before committing his most gruesome and appalling crime.
The Indian physician from Lancaster had mutilated the bodies of the women he killed, dismembering them to the point were detectives could not identify their sex. Buxton’s case was monumental in that it was the first where a criminal was identified by using fingerprints.Reyhnard Sinaga The case of serial rapist Reynhard Sinaga shocked the nation to its core. The most prolific rapist in British judicial history, Sinaga raped men who had been out clubbing in Manchester.
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