CHRIS RUDOL FROM HYDE, WHOSE FATHER DIED AT THE HANDS OF SERIAL KILLER HAROLD SHIPMAN, WIPES...

CHRIS RUDOL FROM HYDE, WHOSE FATHER DIED AT THE HANDS OF SERIAL KILLER HAROLD SHIPMAN, WIPES HIS EYES AT A NEWS CONFERENCE GIVEN BY VICTIMS' FAMILIES IN HYDE. Chris Rudol from Hyde, whose father Ernest Rudol aged 82 died at the hands of British serial killer Harold Shipman, wipes his eye at a news conference given by some of the victims' families in Hyde, July 19, 2002. Shipman was confirmed on Friday as one of the world's worst serial killers when an official inquiry ruled he had killed at least 215 of his patients. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in January 2000 for the murder of 15 of his mainly elderly patients with lethal heroin injections, however a public inquiry into the deaths of 500 of his patients over a 23-year period, ruled on Friday that 215 deaths were "highly suspicious" and that he may also have killed another 45 during his murderous spree. REUTERS/Howard Walker