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BBC News
04-07-2025
- BBC News
Ex-GP from Canterbury jailed after sex offences against patients
A former GP from Canterbury who conducted unnecessary genital examinations on male patients across almost two decades has been jailed for seven years. Gregory Manson, 56, was convicted of 12 sexual assaults and four indecent assaults against nine males at Canterbury Crown Court on 56-year-old, who was charged with 24 offences overall, was acquitted of six offences while two others were alternative charges which did not require sentencing on Friday, Judge Simon Taylor KC said that Manson "periodically and opportunistically abused male patients" for almost all of his career. 'Camouflaged sexual abuse' The judge told Manson that he had "camouflaged sexual abuse in the context of medical examinations" for the better part of two decades. He said: "The abuse of trust here is immense. People trusted you with access to their bodies and you abused that trust for your own sexual gratification."You were able to construct a false defence to justify your sexual assaults because that is something that is very easy for a GP to do." One of Manson's victims read out a personal impact statement in court on Friday in which he said he "never now visits the GP".The victim added: "What still stuns me is how normal you made all of this seem."It was calculated, it was deliberate and we now know it was abuse. You built a wall of goodwill around yourself and then used it as a shield."Manson, who denied the charges throughout, told the jury that his motivation was to rule out rare diseases which he had misdiagnosed in the former GP was remunerated by the NHS at 90% of his salary following his suspension in 2017. This remuneration then halved in November 2023 and stopped in 2024, the court heard.
CBC
23-06-2025
- CBC
Judge gives Regina chiropractor 15-month community sentence for sexually assaulting patient
Social Sharing A Regina chiropractor was sentenced Monday to 15 months in the community for sexually assaulting a patient. Court of King's Bench Justice Janet McMurtry said a prison sentence would have made it difficult for Ruben Manz to support his family. "Incarceration, in my view, would overemphasize the gravity of the offence," said McMurtry. "I'm satisfied a conditional sentence properly denounces Dr. Manz's conduct and will serve to deter him and others in the health care field who are in a similar position of trust towards their patients." Manz was accused of touching or pulling the breasts of seven female patients while stretching their necks between 2010 and 2020. A jury found him guilty on one count of sexual assault, not guilty on five other counts and a mistrial was determined on the remaining count. The Crown argued Manz sexually touched the women for no legitimate medical purpose, betraying their trust in him as a medical caregiver. Manz testified that he got his patients to fill out forms and asked for their consent before working on sensitive areas of the body, including the chest and buttocks. If patients told him they were uncomfortable, he said, he stopped. 'A just and appropriate outcome' The judge said Manz must follow a curfew and have no contact with the victim, as well as keep the peace and be on good behaviour. The chiropractor hugged his wife and children in the courtroom after receiving the sentence. "I think he's feeling relieved he's going home with his family tonight," defence lawyer Blaine Beaven later told reporters outside court. "He knows there's going to be a lot of work for him to do on the (conditional sentence order), though he's happy he's not going to jail tonight." Manz's other lawyer, Kathy Hodgson-Smith, added she was pleased with the outcome, as the defence had sought a conditional sentence. Prosecutor Carmody Hallamore said outside court it's not a decision the Crown had wanted. She had argued for prison time. "I think the Crown is certainly disappointed, but there's room to say it was a just and appropriate outcome."
BBC News
22-06-2025
- BBC News
Radford woman stole grandmother's cash for toys and clothes
A woman who fraudulently transferred money from her grandmother's online bank account into her own at least 50 times has been handed a suspended prison Smith, of Wordsworth Road in Radford, Nottingham, used the funds on takeaways, toys and clothes from Primark, as well as a family holiday her 78-year-old relative went on but did not know she had paid 32-year-old was found guilty of fraud by false representation following a trial on 2 December and was sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court on will also need to complete 200 hours of unpaid work within the next 12 months and participate in 25 hours of rehabilitation appointments. Nottinghamshire Police said Smith had set up her grandmother's account with her permission, but she had not consented to each transfer between 2 January 2019 and 29 June 2021. 'Taken advantage of' The fraud was uncovered when the victim went to deposit money at the bank in July there, police said the woman asked about another account, which she expected to contain inheritance from her mother, and was told it was was later refunded by her bank to cover the amount Con Nabeel Dad, who led the investigation, said: "The victim had trusted her granddaughter with her funds, and she was very sadly taken advantage of for a number of years."We're glad that we were able to bring Smith before the courts and I hope that she takes the time to make positive changes in her life."
Daily Mail
18-06-2025
- Daily Mail
I don't know if Lucy Letby's innocent or guilty. But I was Health Secretary when many of those babies died - and I believe her case MUST be re-examined: Bombshell intervention by JEREMY HUNT
Few criminal cases in modern British history have played on the public conscience quite like that of Lucy Letby. A neonatal nurse convicted of the worst betrayal of trust possible: the deliberate harming and killing of babies under her care. Letby's case stands alongside that of the GP Harold Shipman – who was sentenced to 15 life terms for murdering 15 patients but is thought to have killed at least 215 people in all – as one of the darkest moments in the history of the NHS.
