The coroner who held the inquests into the deaths of Harold Shipman's victims has condemned a decision to auction a collection of letters by the killer.
In 65 letters to two former patients and friends after his arrest in 1998, Shipman repeatedly denied his guilt.
Coroner John Pollard said the sale of the "arrogant" letters was "raking it up again" for families of his victims.
Former GP Shipman, from Hyde, Greater Manchester, is believed to have killed as many as 250 patients.
The correspondence, addressed to Mavis and David Stott, friends and patients of Shipman, was discovered by chance during a house clearance in 2006.read more
