Glasgow breast surgeon convicted of carrying out '˜unnecessary' ops

A breast surgeon has been convicted of 17 counts of wounding with intent after carrying out a series of 'completely unnecessary' operations - possibly to improve his earnings.
By The Newsroom
Published 28th Apr 2017, 13:52 BST
Updated 9th May 2017, 18:49 BST
A jury has delivered its verdict in the trial of a breast surgeon accused of carrying out "completely unnecessary" operations. Picture; SWNSA jury has delivered its verdict in the trial of a breast surgeon accused of carrying out "completely unnecessary" operations. Picture; SWNS
A jury has delivered its verdict in the trial of a breast surgeon accused of carrying out "completely unnecessary" operations. Picture; SWNS

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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The 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”.