MEDIA
Thomas Jenkins, UK pedophile psychiatrist, caught by undercover cops attempting to groom an underage boy – license revoked
BBC Paedophile Grindr doctor struck off medical register October 5, 2017 North East Wales Psychiatrist Thoomas Jenkins A paedophile junior doctor who was caught by an undercover police officer attempting to groom an underage boy has been struck off the medical register. Thomas Jenkins, 28, logged onto gay dating app Grindr and asked user Liam, who he thought was 13, for sex. But it was the police officer and Jenkins, who lives in Manchester, was arrested at Wrexham Maelor Hospital. He admitted inciting a boy of 13 to engage in sexual activity at Manchester Crown Court in April. A judge [...]
Psychiatrist Colin Bouwer, Convicted Wife Killer, Kicked out of New Zealand, deported to South Africa
Otago Daily Times October 9, 2017 Dunedin wife killer leaves NZ Psychiatrist Colin Bouwer Convicted wife killer Colin Bouwer has been deported to South Africa. An Immigration New Zealand (INZ) spokesman said this afternoon the 67-year-old left New Zealand this morning and his resident visa had been cancelled. Bouwer was jailed in 2001 after being found guilty of administering a fatal combination of sedatives and hypoglycaemia-inducing drugs to his wife for months. The drugs mimicked the symptoms of a rare tumour. The former head of psychological medicine at the University of Otago was jailed with a minimum non-parole period [...]
Timothy Bunton, Virginia & Mass. Psychiatrist – now a registered sex offender – went to Harvard, worked at VA hospital
The Enterprise Former Brockton VA doctor now registered sex offender By Marc Larocque October 6, 2017 Psychiatrist Timothy Bunton BROCKTON – A former Brockton VA campus doctor pleaded guilty to using a computer to solicit a minor, and he is now losing his right to practice medicine in Massachusetts. Timothy J. Bunton had already voluntarily agreed not to practice medicine in Massachusetts after he was first arrested in 2015, according to state officials. But after he pleaded guilty to the charge, and became a registered sex offender in Virginia, the Massachusetts Board of Medicine took disciplinary action at its [...]
Ovais Badat, leading UK psychiatrist, convicted – gave patient champagne and cocaine in hotel room – she relapsed into drug use
Bristol Post Leading Bristol consultant psychiatrist gave woman patient champagne and cocaine in hotel room By Geoffrey Bennett October 2, 2017 Psychiatrist Ovais Badat One of the UK’s top consultant psychiatrists faces jail term after being convicted of supplying a Class A drug. Dr Ovais Badat worked at the Hengrove-based adult ADHD service of Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust. But the outwardly respectable medical professional hid a dark secret – he was supplying cocaine and making out false prescriptions to get his hands on more substances. Badat, of Hopewell Street, Tetbury, denied all wrongdoing when he [...]
Pasadena psych Dirk de Brito, convicted of assault, license suspended
San Gabriel Valley Tribune Medical board suspends license of Pasadena psychiatrist convicted of assault, making criminal threats By Stephanie K. Baer October 5, 2017 Psychiatrist Dirk de Brito An administrative law judge has suspended the license of a Pasadena psychiatrist convicted of assault and making criminal threats against his children’s nanny and a former employee. In an order issued Wednesday, Judge Julie Cabos-Owen granted the Medical Board of California’s petition for an interim license suspension, ordering Dirk de Brito to not practice “any aspect of medicine” until a final decision of the board. “It was granted on an emergency [...]
Omesh Chandra Kashyap, 85-year-old Psychiatrist, Wanted in Canada
news18.com SC Stays Extradition of 85-year-old Psychiatrist Wanted in Canada By Utkarsh Anand September 21, 2017 SC Stays Extradition of 85-year-old Psychiatrist Wanted in Canada File photo of the Supreme Court of India. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has stayed the extradition of an 85-year-old Indian-origin man, who has been charged in four cases of molestation and sexual assault in Canada and allegedly fled the country to thwart prosecution. Omesh Chandra Kashyap has, however, refuted all the charges saying he was being framed because he, as a renowned psychiatrist, had helped expose a scandal on sexual abuse of children by [...]
Oleg Druz, Ukraine military psychiatrist, suspended, unsatisfactory performance of official duties
MKRU Military psychiatrist of Ukraine has been suspended because of the statement about the danger of 93% of participants ATO September 9, 2017 The Minister of defence of Ukraine dismissed the head of the clinic of psychiatry National military medical clinical center “Main military clinical hospital” Oleg Druz, who has previously stated that 93% of participants of military operations in the Donbas are in need of treatment, as are potential threat to society. “Just took the decision to remove from office… Colonel Oleg Friends in connection with the unsatisfactory performance of official duties and appointed office investigation”, – said Stepan [...]
NY Psych Clifford Jacobson
Democrat and Chronicle Often-disciplined Brighton psychiatrist pleads guilty to drug charge By Patti Singer September 19, 2017 Psychiatrist Clifford Jacobson A psychiatrist who practiced in Brighton and had been ordered to surrender his medical license in March faces five years in prison and a $250,000 fine for illegally distributing a controlled substance. Dr. Clifford Jacobson, 67, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Rochester, according to the office of the U.S. Attorney of the Western District of New York. According to the prosecution, Jacobson from 2014 to 2017 sold prescriptions for Schedule IV controlled substances to undercover agents and patients who [...]
Ely Pelta, “Sugar Daddy” Miami Psychiatrist, history of sexual misconduct
Miami Herald Doctor’s license suspended after he texted female patient ‘You need a sugar daddy’ By Daniel Chang September 29, 2017 Psychiatrist Ely Pelta The text messages from the psychiatrist to his new patient began with offers to help her find another job, after she had come to him for help with work-related anxiety and depression. The patient would owe Dr. Ely Pelta a favor, though, and his text messages made clear how he wanted to be repaid. She needed a “sugar daddy,” Pelta wrote to the woman, and he wanted her to be his “sugar baby,” according [...]
Robert Hampshire, Aussie psychiatrist, “a risk to the health and safety of the public”
Sydney Morning Herald Society shrink Dr Robert Hampshire's career in tatters over lewd calls By Kate McClymont October 2, 2017 Psychiatrist Robert Hampshire The colourful career of society shrink Dr Robert Hampshire appears to be all but over after he was caught sending lewd late-night texts to a client following a day of drinking. On Friday the psychiatrist lost his appeal to be allowed to continue practising while he waits a full hearing of the matter. In refusing to lift his suspension, Acting Judge Frank Marks of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal found that Dr Hampshire represented "a risk [...]