harold shipman, the general practitioner who is believed to have killed over 200 patients in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, claimed at least one of his victims while working as a doctor at the abraham ormerod medical centre between march 1974 and september 1975. his first known victim, 70-year-old eva lyons, lived at keswick close in the town. shipman had initially been charged with 15 murders committed around hyde, greater manchester, between 1995 and 1998 when he went on trial in late 1999, but lyons was only identified as a victim of shipman when the inquiry into his crimes was completed in july 2002 by dame janet smith.