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Kill Total: |
130+ ? |
Kill place: |
Eastbourne |
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Kill date: |
1949 - 1983 |
Victim(s): |
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Date of Birth: |
21 January 1899 |
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AKA: |
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Occupation: |
Doctor |
Adams case is a very
contentious one, was he a serial killer? was he a mercy
killer, was he none of these? He was named as the
beneficiary in their will's of 132 patients.
He is seen by many as
the Victorian version of Dr Harold Shipman, but, he was
never actually convicted of a murder.
Over 160 of his patients
died under suspicious circumstances. He was
tried and acquitted for the murder of one patient in 1957,
another count of murder was withdrawn by the prosecution
in what has been described as 'an abuse of process'.
Adams was subsequently found guilty of 13 offences of
prescription fraud, lying on cremation forms, obstructing
a police search and failing to keep a dangerous drugs
register. He was removed from the Medical Register in 1957
and reinstated in 1961. He was banned from prescribing
dangerous drugs for life.
he died in Eastbourne on
4th July 1983
Other killer Medial
practitioners;-
Beverly Allitt
- killed at least 4
Harold
Shipman -
killed approx 300
Colin Norris
- Killed at least 4
