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I was thinking more of her closest friends not her peripheral ones. On the Panorama doc they interviewed a friend who she had known since her school days who knew her very well or at least was convinced she did. She gave the impression they were very close friends.

Of course I don't believe Shipman is innocent! I wasn't comparing what Shipman did to what Letby did. My comparison was between those people who believed Shipman was not capable of doing what he did, ie his patients and those people who believed Letby was not capable of doing what she did, ie...

The difference between Shipman's patients who didn't believe he was capable and Letby's friends who didn't think she was capable is that his patients didn't know him as intimately as Letby's friends knew her. Shipman's patients only saw his bedside manner, they didnt see him in his private life...

I've considered the possibility that there might not be a purely psychological explanation for her actions, because the general consensus of all who knew her well was that it was so alien to her character which is why a lot of her friends are refusing to believe she did it. Its not so much...

Indeed, the most iconic fictional representation of that label, and one which many people inevitably came to associate with that term at the time, is Norman Bates as depicted in Hitchcock's film "Psycho". Ironically Norman, despite the film's title, doesn't fit the profile of what is...

Sadly, your post has only served to prove the point Harry Wilson's tackle was making. A perfect example of how satire (his use of, not yours) can sometimes be a more accurate reflection of reality than it really should be.

One aspect of the Allitt case which I was previously unaware of was that before it was discovered that she was responsible the parents of one of the babies she had murdered had been so grateful for the devotion she had shown their child that they asked Allitt to be godmother to the dead baby's...