Disgraced surgeon’s prison sentence increased

A surgeon who carried out unnecessary breast operations has had five years addedtohisjailsentenceforhis “truly sickening” crimes.

Glasgow-born Ian Paterson, from Altrincham, Greater Manchester, who left victims scarred and disfigured, watched via video-link from prison as Court of Appeal judges in London declared that a “just” sentence of 20 years should replace the “unduly lenient” 15 years he was given in May.

Solicitor General Robert Buckland, who referred the case to appeal judges for review, said afterwards: “Throughout our lives we are told and expected to trust doctors. Paterson woefully abused that trust – he deliberately preyed on people’s worst fears and then mutilated them on the operating table.”