Bodies of Evidence: The Butcher Surgeon
Bodies of Evidence: The Butcher Surgeon

Bodies of Evidence: The Butcher Surgeon

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2022
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The story of how surgeon Ian Paterson duped his patients into believing they had cancer and performed unnecessary surgeries on them before he was caught and jailed for 20 years.

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