On 31st January 2000 a jury found Dr Harold Frederick Shipman (A 54 year old GP practising in the north of England) guilty of the murder of 15 of his patients. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and is the only British doctor ever convicted of murdering his own patients. The subsequent Shipman Inquiry by Dame Janet Smith suggested Shipman was probably responsible for around 250 deaths between 1971 and 1998, making him one of the most notorious serial killers in recorded history. Shipman committed suicide in his prison cell by hanging himself with his bed sheets on 13th January 2004. He never said a word to explain his killings - we will never know why he did what he did.

Claire and Hennock were married on 28th February. I first met Claire when we travelled out to Ethiopia together back in 2007. She met Hennock maybe a year ago when she asked him to help her buy a car. Purchasing a car, as we have discovered, is a long process here and thus the romance blossomed.

It’s always pleasing when you can facilitate something helpful here but you can almost guarantee that it won’t be straight forward. The Head teacher from the UK school I worked at before moving here suggested that the pupils may like to raise money for a project of my choosing. Just prior to the winter break a ‘Christmas Jumper’ Day was held.