In August 2012, Freddy Patel is struck off the medical register by the General Medical Council after he is found to be guilty of misconduct by a tribunal. The panel will this week hear submissions as to whether, on the basis of the facts found proved, Dr Patel's fitness to practise is impaired and if so what sanction should be imposed. Piecing together the evidence, it seems that Hardy had butchered the bodies of his victims with an electric saw and dumped the parts in a number of rubbish bags near his home. Dr Patel did not record injuries, including finger grip marks and others apparently caused by a fork. He was suspended from carrying out routine post mortems for three months. [7] He was also treated in psychiatric hospitals across London for depression, drug-induced psychosis and alcohol abuse. [1], It was originally reported that police believed Hardy was possibly connected to the unsolved cases of two sex workers found dismembered and dumped in the River Thames, and up to five or six other murders that bore marked similarities to the ones for which he was convicted, but where not enough evidence was available directly implicating him. But after a US tourist produced video footage of. Hardy, despite being at the scene when the body was discovered in his flat, was not asked to give evidence. West End Extra, 40 Camden Road Camden Town London, NW1 9DR, Enquiries: The health authoritys inquiry later reported: We are not in a position to comment usefully on Dr Ys post-mortem findings but we do have concerns about the statement provided by the police. His reports on Hardy's first victim discouraged a police investigation that might have saved two other women, the GMC panel was told. Anthony John Hardy [2] [3] (31 May 1951 - 26 November 2020) [4] was an English serial killer who was known as the Camden Ripper for dismembering some of his victims. At a full public inquiry, Dr Patel would not have been the only one answering questions, such as those he faced during his GMC case. The flat was owned by Anthony Hardy - a serial killer known as the Camden Ripper - who went on to kill two more victims after police took no action against him regarding Miss White. Published: 22 July, 2010 It must have been a puzzling conclusion to at least 10, 20, maybe 30 or more people who had either been at the crime scene or dealt with Hardy afterwards, people with close knowledge of the case. Last week, pathologist Dr Freddy Patel was suspended for concluding that Ms White had died from natural causes and not considering other possibilities. West End Extra, 40 Camden Road Camden Town London, NW1 9DR, Enquiries: advertising@camdennewjournal.com. A pathologist found guilty of serious misconduct over his post-mortem examination reports into the death of a victim of so-called "Camden Ripper" Anthony Hardy has had his suspension extended. editorial@camdennewjournal.com In 2002, Dr Patel said Ms White had died from heart disease. "Hardy is a dangerous, devious and manipulative man. Earlier this month, the disciplinary panel found Patel's 2002 reports on the death of Sally White the first victim of the "Camden ripper" Anthony Hardy were "irresponsible, not of the standard expected of a competent forensic pathologist and liable to bring the medical profession into disrepute". He became an alcoholic and diabetic.[6]. Colin Stagg was wrongfully convicted of the murder of a twenty-three-year-old woman on Wimbledon Common in 1992 in front of her two-year-old son. Freddy Patel, who was based at St Pancras Coroner's Court, was found guilty of misconduct and dishonesty in his examination of the newspaper vendor. He failed to comment on whether a blunt force injury which caused a large gash to White's head might have knocked her unconscious. A dinner-table circle of consciences are pricked, from the mill owner who made her redundant to the haughty charity worker who turns her away when she seeks help, as the opportunities to change her life before suicide are recounted. Single mother faces 170 parking fine after overstaying at McDonald's for just 14 minutes while she treated Man had sex with his wife on bollard in protest after it had been erected by neighbour to stop him parking What will the next pandemic be? He took his victims to his flat where he murdered all three vulnerable women. Detective Chief Inspector Ken Bell, The Guardian, 26 November 2003Around 1999, Anthony Hardy turns his home into a satanic shrine to death as he brings the same terror to the Camden area of north London as Jack the Ripper had inflicted on the women of London's Whitechapel over 100 years before. The General Medical Council (GMC) ruled that Dr Freddy Patel failures brought the profession into disrepute. [15] However, one of the murders Hardy was originally linked to, that of London sex worker Paula Fields whose body was dumped in the Thames in 2001, was in fact solved in 2011 when John Sweeney was convicted of her murder. In November 2003, he was sentenced to three life term s for three murders, but police believe he may have been responsible for up to five more. Dr Freddy Patel is accused of "irresponsible" conduct in connection with post-mortem examination reports in 2002 into the death of 31-year-old prostitute Sally White, the first victim of Anthony . This discouraged a police investigation that might have saved two later victims of Hardy, an earlier hearing was told. Camden Ripper Anthony Hardy was criminally active between the years of December 2000 to December 2002 - at least. Hardy, who later confessed to murdering her, killed two other women after Ms Whites death. [23], Two of the murders linked to Hardy occurred in Nottinghamshire, near to where Hardy grew up in Burton-on-Trent. For example, the coroners inquest into Ms Whites death, a short hearing in front of a handful of people, was considered inadequate. All those decisions are important decisions that are not made by me, he says. Asked what went through his mind as he sat outside the Old Bailey courtroom, ready to present his post-mortem report, he said: I was informed, to everybodys surprise, that he pleaded guilty. GMC barrister Simon Jackson QC replied: Presumably, no one was more surprised than you?, Dr Patel said: Yes, I was interested to find out what the cause of death was. It transpired police, albeit unintentionally, did not provide the full details to Dr Chan. Investigating a neighbour dispute, Sergeant Nick Spinks had visited Hardy at home. The decision not to pursue home visits was also vindicated by the findings. The family move to Australia, 1982 Hardy is arrested for trying to drown his wife. Would a budding Columbo have learned that the pathologist and the coroner believed Ms Whites death was due to heart problems and left it at that? When will the Beast from the East be at YOUR door? He will die in prison.After the trial, The Metropolitan Police confirms that Hardy was also a suspect in three rapes and one indecent assault. As the pathologist who wrongly concluded a murder victim died of natural causes is suspended, the New Journals RICHARD OSLEY looks back on the case he has followed since the inquest into Sally Whites death in 2002. //-->