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| Abuse doctor Myles Bradbury has sentence reduced | Abuse doctor Myles Bradbury has sentence reduced |
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| A paedophile doctor who abused young cancer patients in his care has had his 22-year sentence reduced to 16 years on appeal. | A paedophile doctor who abused young cancer patients in his care has had his 22-year sentence reduced to 16 years on appeal. |
| Myles Bradbury, 41, of Herringswell in Suffolk, admitted abusing 18 boys in his care at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, between 2009 and 2013. | Myles Bradbury, 41, of Herringswell in Suffolk, admitted abusing 18 boys in his care at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, between 2009 and 2013. |
| He was jailed in December for sexual assault, voyeurism and possessing more than 16,000 indecent images. | He was jailed in December for sexual assault, voyeurism and possessing more than 16,000 indecent images. |
| His appeal was upheld at the Royal Courts of Justice earlier. | His appeal was upheld at the Royal Courts of Justice earlier. |
| The paediatric consultant haematologist had taken images of his victims, some of whom had haemophilia, leukaemia and other serious illnesses, while treating them at Addenbrooke's Hospital. | |
| Victims also told investigators he had focused on examining their private parts, when there was no medical need to do so. | |
| At Bradbury's sentencing in Cambridge, Judge Gareth Hawkesworth told him: "In many years' experience on the bench, I have 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, their families and colleagues." | |
| He was jailed for 22 years for 25 offences involving boys aged between 10 and 16. | |
| His intention to appeal the length of his term was described as "shocking" by a victims' solicitor. | |
| However, appeal judges Lady Justice Hallett, Mr Justice Haddon-Cave and Mr Justice Goss have announced his original 22-year sentence is to be "restructured". | |
| His jail term has been reduced to 16 years with an additional six years on licence. | |
| Bradbury will have to serve at least 12 years before being considered for release. |