NHS surgeon had his legs cut off for ‘sexual gratification
(www.independent.co.uk)https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/amputee-surgeon-neil-hopper-truro-court-b2820087.htmlAn NHS vascular surgeon who was sexually “obsessed” with becoming an amputee used dry ice to freeze his legs to the point they needed to be removed then claimed £466,653 from his insurers.
Neil Hopper, 49, who carried out hundreds of amputations for patients, has been jailed for 32 months after he admitted to lying to insurers over the removal of his own legs and possessing extreme pornography from a man dubbed the "Eunuch Maker".
The surgeon told insurers that his injuries were the “result of sepsis and were not self-inflicted”, when in fact he had used dry ice to freeze his legs to the extent they needed to be amputated below the knee.
He then made claims to two insurers which resulted in total payouts of £466,653.81.
Appearing at Truro Crown Court on Thursday, he pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud by false representation between 3 June and 26 June 2019.
He also admitted three charges of possessing extreme pornographic images, relating to videos by a website called the Eunuch Maker, where users paid for films of amputations and other extreme body modifications.
