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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Martin Fricker

'I knew butcher breast surgeon had gone rogue - so warned NHS to stop him'

The NHS whistleblower whose evidence helped jail a butcher breast surgeon has spoken for the first time.

Ian Paterson, 64, had misdiagnosed cancer in healthy patients and performed unnecessary surgery including unregulated cleavage-sparing mastectomies.

Convicted on 17 counts of wounding with intent, he was jailed for 20 years in 2017.

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