 He is the only British doctor to have been found guilty of murdering his patients, although other doctors have been acquitted of similar crimes or convicted on lesser charges.Harold Frederick Shipman was born on the Bestwood council estate in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, the second of the three children of Harold Frederick Shipman (12 May 1914 – 5 January 1985), a lorry driver, and Vera Brittan (23 December 1919 – 21 June 1963).His working-class parents were devout Methodists.