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Doctor Myles Bradbury jailed for abusing young patients | |
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A paedophile doctor who abused young cancer patients has been sentenced to 22 years in jail. | |
Myles Bradbury, 41, of Herringswell, Suffolk, admitted abusing 18 children in his care at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, between 2009 and 2013. | Myles Bradbury, 41, of Herringswell, Suffolk, admitted abusing 18 children in his care at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, between 2009 and 2013. |
Bradbury has admitted 25 offences, including sexual assault, voyeurism and possessing more than 16,000 indecent images. | Bradbury has admitted 25 offences, including sexual assault, voyeurism and possessing more than 16,000 indecent images. |
The judge told him his offences were a "gross and grotesque breach of trust". | |
Sentencing him at Cambridge Crown Court, Judge Gareth Hawkesworth said: "In many years on the bench, I've never come across a more culpable or grave course of sexual criminality which has involved such a gross and grotesque breach and betrayal of your Hippocratic Oath and trust reposed in you by your patients." | |
'Betrayed his profession' | 'Betrayed his profession' |
The judge told Bradbury, a blood cancer specialist who was arrested in December 2013, he had no doubt he had caused psychological harm to his victims and was at risk of doing so in future. | |
Canadian authorities had alerted the UK's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop) in July 2012 that Bradbury had bought a DVD containing indecent images of children, but Ceop did not pass on the information until November 2013. | |
In September, he pleaded guilty to six counts of sexual assault and 13 counts of engaging in sexual activity with a child. | In September, he pleaded guilty to six counts of sexual assault and 13 counts of engaging in sexual activity with a child. |
Bradbury also admitted three counts of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, one count of voyeurism and two counts of making indecent images of a child. | Bradbury also admitted three counts of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, one count of voyeurism and two counts of making indecent images of a child. |
At the beginning of his sentencing hearing on Friday, Cambridge Crown Court heard Bradbury had used a spy pen to take pictures of his victims. | At the beginning of his sentencing hearing on Friday, Cambridge Crown Court heard Bradbury had used a spy pen to take pictures of his victims. |
It contained 170,425 images of "boys partially clothed... none indecent". | It contained 170,425 images of "boys partially clothed... none indecent". |
The images of his victims, some of whom had haemophilia, leukaemia and other serious illnesses, were gathered at Addenbrooke's Hospital. | The images of his victims, some of whom had haemophilia, leukaemia and other serious illnesses, were gathered at Addenbrooke's Hospital. |
John Farmer QC, prosecuting, said Bradbury's "abuse of his position of trust was extreme". | John Farmer QC, prosecuting, said Bradbury's "abuse of his position of trust was extreme". |
Bradbury, who was involved in church and scout groups, had a "longstanding, unlawful, sexual interest in boys" and had "betrayed his profession", he said. | Bradbury, who was involved in church and scout groups, had a "longstanding, unlawful, sexual interest in boys" and had "betrayed his profession", he said. |