Glasgow breast surgeon convicted of carrying out '˜unnecessary' ops
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Ian Paterson, who was also convicted of three counts of unlawful wounding, was described in court by one victim as being “like God”, lied to patients and exaggerated - or invented - the risk of cancer to convince them to go under the knife.
The 59-year-old did so for “obscure motives” which may have included a desire to “earn extra money”, his trial at Nottingham Crown Court heard.
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Hide AdThe Scottish-born surgeon had maintained that all the operations were necessary - but a jury of six men and five women agreed with the prosecution that Paterson carried out “extensive, life-changing operations for no medically justifiable reason”.