Paedophile doctor Myles Bradbury's appeal 'contemptible'

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A paedophile doctor's appeal against his sentence is "utterly contemptible", the mother of one victim has said.

Myles Bradbury was jailed for 22 years last December for abusing young cancer victims in his care.

He admitted abusing 18 children at Addenbrooke's in Cambridge between 2009 and 2013. Bradbury has lodged an appeal at the Royal Courts of Justice.

The mother of one of his victims says it is wrong that he considered he should serve "even one day less".

Bradbury, 41, from Herringswell in Suffolk, was jailed at Cambridge Crown Court for sexual assault, voyeurism and possessing more than 16,000 indecent images.

The court heard the images of his victims were taken in the hospital.

Victims told investigators Bradbury had focused on examining their private parts when there was no medical need to do so.

The mother of one of his victims, who has not been identified, said in a statement: "It is utterly contemptible that he considers he should serve even one day less of the sentence he rightly deserved."

Bradbury's appeal, which will be heard on 12 June, was also branded "shocking" by the solicitor for some of the victims.

Renu Daly, of Neil Hudgell Solicitors, said: "A number of families we are representing have been completely shocked by the news of this appeal.

"This appeal will only cause more upset and difficulty for these families at a time when they need support and understanding.

"At least with the court case, they had time to prepare themselves for the emotional ordeal of hearing of the abuse which took place - this has come as a bolt out of the blue."