Woman settles damages claim over breast op

A woman who sued for damages over an allegedly botched breast augmentation operation has settled her High Court action.

Kate Murray, aged 28, sued Italian consultant Marco Loiacano, who was struck off by the Medical Council’s Fitness to Practise Committee for misconduct in 2011 over the operation he carried out on her in Mar 2008.

Two weeks afterwards, Ms Murray had to be admitted to hospital with a life-threatening infection, and spent a month undergoing nine procedures and skin grafts, the Fitness to Practise Committee heard.