Cancer fraud consultant jailed for four years

A consultant surgeon who defrauded almost €750,000 from insurance companies through a false breast cancer claim has been jailed for four years by Judge Patrick McCartan.

Dr Emad Massoud (aged 52), Woodview, Brownstown, Ratoath, County Meath and his wife, Gehan Massoud (aged 45), a nurse, were convicted by a jury last month following a three-week trial for what Judge McCartan described as "a particularly evil and nasty offence".