Second Report - The Police Investigation of March 1998
Published 14 July 2003
Command Paper Cm 5853
In Stage 1 of Phase 2, the Chairman, Dame Janet Smith, examined the conduct of the police investigation that took place in March 1998 and failed to uncover Shipman's crimes.
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