Prosecution of Leading Breast Surgeon
Apr 2017
Although a defence barrister, I was instructed to advise pre-charge and then to prosecute in the case of Ian Paterson who was convicted of carrying out unnecessary operations on patients and received a sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment.
This was a one-off case involving complicated medical and criminal issues brought against one of the country’s leading surgeons: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39748246
In February 2020 the Independent Inquiry into the issues raised by the Paterson case was published and may be found here:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863211/issues-raised-by-paterson-independent-inquiry-report-web-accessible.pdf
