Widow's will a `crude forgery'

Preston - A wealthy widow's signature on a will leaving her entire £386,000 estate to her doctor, Dr Harold Shipman, was a "poor…

Preston - A wealthy widow's signature on a will leaving her entire £386,000 estate to her doctor, Dr Harold Shipman, was a "poor, crude forgery", an expert told his murder trial yesterday.

The document that arrived unexpectedly at a solicitor's office on the day of her death also carried the fingerprint of Dr Shipman in the bottom lefthand corner, the jury at Preston Crown Court heard.