Further two inquests into deaths of rogue breast surgeon’s ex-patients opened

Former breast surgeon Ian Paterson was convicted of 17 counts of wounding with intent and three counts of unlawful wounding by a jury at Nottingham Crown Court after being accused of carrying out a series of unnecessary operations (Joe Giddens/PA) - (PA Archive)

A further two inquests have been opened and adjourned into the deaths of former patients of disgraced breast surgeon Ian Paterson.

Paterson is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence after being found to have carried out unnecessary and unapproved procedures on more than 1,000 breast cancer patients over 14 years.