The former General Practitioner has never offered a reason for his heinous behavior and still denies committing crimes (Montgomery, 2002.) However Dame Janet Smith, the judge who led the official inquiry in the General Practitioner crimes, said that the “underlying problems” which sparked his history of drug abuse were also likely to have led to his embarking on his 23-year killing spree (Montgomery, 2002.) The judge’s report published gives the closest explanation yet as to his motive for murder and possible “addiction to killing” (Montgomery, 2002.) The judge looked at the serial killer’s history of drug abuse during the early 1970s, he injected the painkiller pethidine in attempt to establish what drove him to kill (Montgomery, 2002.)
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