from Hacker News

Surgeon jailed after amputation of own legs

by tartoran on 9/4/25, 6:34 PM with 2 comments

  • by freedomben on 9/4/25, 6:47 PM

    Some key points from the article:

    > An NHS vascular surgeon who had his own legs removed has been jailed for two years and eight months for insurance fraud and possessing extreme pornography.

    > The extreme pornography offences were connected to videos of body mutilations that Hopper had purchased online and did not include children, the court heard.

    It sounds like he was mainly jailed for insurance fraud? The porn sounds shocking, but not illegal (though IANAL)