A consultant anaesthetist while trying to sedate a child before surgery was alleged to have physically assaulted the child while trying to put a mask providing air and anaesthetic on to the child’s face.
After a two-day trial at Teesside Magistrates Court, during which the court heard from multiple eyewitnesses, the District Judge found the doctor not guilty.
Peter was instructed by Adam Weston of Clyde & Co.
Call 1998
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