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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/murder-defendant-dubbed-dr-death.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="A man accused of murdering his first wife was nicknamed Doctor Death, the High Court in Glasgow has been told" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-murder-defendant-dubbed-dr-death.jpg" alt="A man accused of murdering his first wife was nicknamed Doctor Death, the High Court in Glasgow has been told"/></a></p>
<p>A man accused of murdering his first wife and trying to kill his second was given the nickname &#8220;Doctor Death&#8221; by one of his former lovers, a court has been told.</p>
<p>Malcolm Webster, 51, is accused of murdering Claire Morris in Aberdeenshire in May 1994 and pocketing more than £200,000 in insurance payouts after her death.</p>
<p>He denies drugging her, deliberately crashing a car she was a passenger in, and then setting fire to it.</p>
<p>He is also accused of trying to kill his second wife Felicity Drumm in New Zealand five years later to obtain £750,000 from separate insurance policies.</p>
<p>The trial at the High Court in Glasgow heard the nurse was given the nickname &#8220;Doctor Death&#8221; while he was enrolled on a course in assisted death and euthanasia. The 50-year-old told the court that one of her friends had thought of the nickname, but she used it in jest.</p>
<p>Advocate Depute Derek Ogg QC asked her about Webster&#8217;s studies. He said: &#8220;He was studying palliative care or care of the dying?&#8221; Ms Hancock replied: &#8220;Yes.&#8221; He asked: &#8220;Was the course called assisted death and euthanasia?&#8221;</p>
<p>Ms Hancock, from Northampton, first met Webster in Glasgow in 2004 but did not begin a relationship with him until late 2007. But the relationship ended after Ms Hancock was contacted by the police who warned her about her partner.</p>
<p>She was given a letter from the chief constable of Grampian Police. Taking a moment to compose herself, Ms Hancock described how she was left in a state of &#8220;shock&#8221; by the letter.</p>
<p>&#8220;I just didn&#8217;t believe it was true,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t recognise the person they were talking about.&#8221; She later called Webster, who admitted that he still had a wife and son in New Zealand. She said she was left &#8220;too upset&#8221; to take in what he was saying.</p>
<p>Webster denies the charges against him. The trial, before Lord Bannatyne, was adjourned until Monday.</p>
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