13 h. ago NHS surgeon 'obsessed' with amputation jailed for fraud over removal of his own legs

The court how the 49-year-old had a 'sexual interest in becoming an amputee'

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15 h. ago NHS surgeon who had his legs removed to satisfy sexual interest is jailed for fraud

Neil Hopper took nearly £500,000 from insurers after falsely claiming he needed amputation because of sepsisA surgeon who froze his legs so they would require amputation to satisfy a sexual obsession before making nearly £500,000 in insurance claims has been jailed.Neil Hopper, a 49-year-old vascular surgeon, was given 32 months after he pleaded guilty to two charges of fraud by false representation. This related to claims made to insurance companies that his legs had been amputated because of sepsis rather than self-inflicted injury. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Surgeon who performed amputations had his own legs removed for 'sexual gratification'

Neil Hopper, 49, used dry ice to freeze his legs to the extent they were no longer viable and required amputation as it emerged in court that he had connections to a man called the 'Eunuch Maker'

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16 h. ago Surgeon ‘obsessed’ with amputation used dry ice to freeze legs to point of removal and claimed £460k payout

Neil Hopper, 49, has been jailed for 32 months for lying to insurers about the removal of his own legs and possessing extreme pornography

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16 h. ago Surgeon who was part of Eunuch Maker ring and lied on TV about losing his legs to sepsis amputated them HIMSELF with dry ice for twisted sexual fantasy

Neil Hopper, from Cornwall pleaded guilty to two charges of fraud at Truro Crown Court by falsely claiming his legs had been amputated due to illness rather than self-inflicted injury.

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17 h. ago Welsh NHS surgeon who removed his own legs appears in court charged with fraud

Double amputee Neil Hopper, from Aberystwyth, is a vascular surgeon who carried out hundreds of amputation operations before having his own legs removed

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18 h. ago Amputee surgeon admits lying to insurers over removal of his own legs

Neil Hopper, 49, has pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud after telling insurers his injuries were the result of sepsis rather than self-inflicted

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69 h. ago Above the Knee review – man struggles with body integrity dysmorphia in gory amputation horror

A man grapples with an overwhelming desire to remove his leg in a lingering psychological interrogation from Norwegian film-maker Viljar BøeNorwegian director Viljar Bøe has been hacking out an interesting niche for himself in the horror genre, specialising in a variety grounded more in psychology than supernatural jiggery pokery. For example, Good Boy from 2022 revolved around a man and his “dog” (who is obviously a guy in a dog costume) acting like a mutt at all times. Similarly, his new feature features a character called Amir (Freddy Singh) with a psychological fixation that’s so unusual he feels he must keep it a secret from his girlfriend and all acquaintances: he has body integrity dysphoria (BID), which in his case means he has an overwhelming desire to amputate his left leg even though there’s nothing physically wrong with it.Amir lives with his super-nice, cheerful girlfriend Kim (Julie Abrahamsen) in hyper-tolerant, Scandi-socialist quasi-utopia Norway, so when he drunken...

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6 d. ago Trump loses another court fight as his push to remove legal status for 600,000 migrants is put on hold

Homeland Security has ‘plunged into uncertainty’ the lives of tens of thousands of Venezuelans, California appeals court says

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3 w. ago The Dead of Winter review – Emma Thompson lights up icy Fargo country thriller

Thompson turns up the accent dial to play a good-natured Minnesota widow bringing her charm – and her gun – to tackle some concentrated nastinessFrom the freezing heart of Fargo country in snowy Minnesota comes a quite outrageously enjoyable suspense thriller starring Emma Thompson; I hadn’t realised what a treat it would be to see Thompson handle a pistol with a scope and also demonstrate where on the body you can get shot and still keep moving.The Dead of Winter has an old-school barnstorming brashness, some edge-of-the-seat tension, a mile-wide streak of sentimentality, a dash of broad humour and a horrible flourish of the macabre. Brian Kirk directs from a script by screenwriters Nicholas Jacobson-Larson and Dalton Leeb, and Thompson turns up the accent dial to play a neighbourly and good-natured Minnesota widow. With her recently deceased husband, she ran a fishing supplies store and like him was keen on ice-fishing: venturing out on huge freezing lakes, drilling a hole in the ...

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