Defence case begins in €700,000 fraud trial

A consultant surgeon charged with a €700,000 breast cancer insurance fraud broke down in tears at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court as he described the day he said his wife discovered a lump in her left breast.

"I’ll never forget it," said Dr Emad Massoud. "She was taking a shower because we were going out to celebrate her birthday. As a human being you don’t think the worst is going to happen to you."