Neil Hopper is also charged with encouraging someone else to remove body parts of others
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Neil Hopper is also charged with encouraging someone else to remove body parts of others
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A “brave” vascular surgeon who told insurers he had his legs amputated due to sepsis has been charged with fraud.
Neil Hopper claimed that injuries to his legs were the result of sepsis and not self-inflicted.
Neil Hopper took nearly £500,000 from insurers after falsely claiming he had sepsis
Neil Hopper, 49, from Truro appears in court accused of lying to insurers about how he lost his legs
Neil Hopper’s former patients are demanding an inquiry to establish whether any of them had unnecessary surgery
Hopper, 49, has been jailed for 32 months after pleading guilty to five charges, during his appearance before Truro Crown Court…
Dr Neil Hopper, 49, used dry ice to freeze his legs to the extent that they required amputation - then claimed he had developed…
