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September 03, 2010

SOUTZOS: HARLEY STREET PSYCHIATRIST STRUCK OFF OVER PATIENT RELATIONSHIPS

HARROW, NW LONDON; A Harley Street psychiatrist was struck off today (Fri) for having sexual relationships with patients after grooming them with swimming trips and visits to art galleries. Dr Theodore Soutzos, 45, flattered three women with compliments and meals at top restaurants, the General Medical Council heard.

September 03, 2010

PATEL: BUNGLING PATHOLOGIST WILL WORK AGAIN BEFORE CHRISTMAS

CENTRAL LONDON A Home Office pathologist who bungled the autopsy into a G20 protester has been suspended for three months. Dr Freddy Patel, who ruled Ian Tomlinson died of a heart attack during the demonstration, was found to have been 'irresponsible' in three autopsies, two of which amounted to misconduct.

September 03, 2010

NADIR: FUGITIVE ARRIVES AT THE OLD BAILEY

CYPRUS Fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir arrived at the Old Bailey today (FRI) to face trial for a £34m fraud. Nadir, 69, fled to northern Cyprus in May 1993 after being charged over the collapse of his Polly Peck business empire.

September 02, 2010

MAY: CAR DRIVER THOUGHT RUNAWAY VAN WAS MAKING SPACE FOR 'COMFORTABLE EXIT'

WILLESDEN, NORTH LONDON; STOKE; A film producer who clipped the rear of a driverless van just moments before it rolled down a hill and crushed two pedestrians told a court today (Thurs) he was unaware of hitting the vehicle. Martin Rosenbaum had been filming sequences for a BBC documentary when he nudged the back of delivery van driver Larkland May’s Mercedes Sprinter.

September 02, 2010

HALES: NURSE ACCUSED OF FAILING TO ACT OVER RAPE CLAIMS 'ACTED IN GOOD FAITH'

LINCOLN: A mental health nurse accused of failing to investigate a rape allegation on his unit said today (Thurs) his decision not to call police was 'borne out' when the charges were later dropped. John Hales, 65, allegedly failed to make thorough inquiries after a 19-year-old male reported another patient had committed a sex attack.

September 02, 2010

PLACE: SOCIAL WORKER EMAILED COLLEAGUES ABOUT 'UNFAIR' INSPECTIONS

BRISTOL; A social worker e-mailed his colleagues to tell them to refuse to cooperate with an Ofsted inspection, a tribunal heard today (Thurs). Charles Place, who worked at the Bristol offices of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), said inspections elsewhere in the country had been 'unfair', the General Social Care Council heard.

September 02, 2010

MURRAY: BOGUS CABBIE BEHIND BARS SEVEN YEARS AFTER STUDENT RAPE

ENFIELD, NORTH LONDON; SHOREDITCH, EAST LONDON; A bogus cab driver who escaped justice for seven years after raping a student in his car is behind bars tonight (Thurs). Astor Murray, 49, collected the 22-year-old and drove her to an isolated industrial estate where he attacked her.

September 02, 2010

PRABAGARAN: NURSE USED BELT TO RESTRAIN DEMENTIA PATIENT IN WHEELCHAIR

BOURNEMOUTH, DORSET; A nurse restrained an elderly dementia patient in her wheelchair with a heavy belt, a hearing was told today (Thurs). Saroj Devi Prabagaran, known as Hannah, was 'cross' that she could not strap the woman in the chair, it was said.

September 02, 2010

OTAIGBE: PHOTOCOPIER GUY GRABBED £40,000 WORTH OF TONER

BARKING, ESSEX A photocopying machine engineer at a prestigious City bank stole £40,000 worth of toner cartridges when he was supposed to be on sick leave, a court heard. Johnstone Otaigbe, 43, crept into the BNP Paribas building, in Moorgate, in the early hours of the morning carrying a large suitcase and pulling a trolley bag, jurors heard.

September 02, 2010

LUTTA: MIDWIFE TOLD GRIEVING MOTHER DEATH WAS 'GOD'S WILL'

HICH WYCOMBE, BUCKS A midwife told a grieving mother and father that 'God knows best' after their baby girl died, a tribunal heard. Latiefa Lutta, 60, admits making the comment to the parents moments after holding the newborn's lifeless body.

September 02, 2010

CHOUDHURY: BROTHERS WERE PAEDOPHILE RING

WATFORD/WHITECHAPEL Three brothers formed a paedophile ring to repeatedly rape a succession of of young girls for more than 20 years, a court heard. Brothers Juned Choudhury, 55, Moin Ahmed, 56, and brother-in-law Syed Aslam, 40, preyed on six youngsters between 1987 and September last year, it is said.

September 02, 2010

KEANE: CREDIT CONTROLLER STOLE WHILE PAYING BACK THOUSANDS IN BENEFITS

BOW, EAST LONDON; A credit controller who stole more than £67,000 from her bosses while paying back thousands of pounds in fraudulent benefit claims was jailed for 16 months today. (Thurs) Joanne Keane, 41, was given a suspended prison sentence in June 2006 and ordered to pay back £30,000 in housing and council tax benefits.

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