A surgeon suspected of having amputated his own legs to receive insurance money

He is a renowned surgeon, specialist in amputation in the region where he exercises.

Neil Hopper. In addition. Meanwhile, vascular surgeon from Truro, in the southwest of the United Kingdom, was tried this Wednesday in court in a case as appalling as it is incredible.

This 49-year-old specialist is indeed to have simulated a septicemia. Similarly, to have amputated both legs in order to carry out insurance fraud, and thus receive more than 500,000 euros.

According to The Guardianthe facts indicate that he has “Mashonestly made a false statement to insurers. saying that his leg injuries were the result of sepsis. were not self-inflicted, with the intention of making a profit”.

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After the amputation. Neil Hopper had claimed 466,000 pounds from two insurances, or 530,000 euros in total.

However. the man had declared to the BBC in 2023 that “The idea that electric tools are used on [lui] was repugnant “. He also ensured that he had reached “Remarker after 3 hours”.

Placed in pre -trial detention, he will have to appear before a truro crown judge on August 26.