Depression ‘impaired’ Bloodgate doctor’s judgment

DEPRESSION clouded the judgment of the Bloodgate matchday doctor who cut the lip of a rugby player to cover up his bogus injury, a panel heard yesterday.

Lawyers for Dr Wendy Chapman argued her fitness to practise is not impaired because she had since controlled her ongoing condition which they say led to her role in the scandal.

Her state of mind at the time meant she gave into pressure from Harlequins player Tom Williams who wanted to conceal that minutes earlier he had bitten into a fake-blood capsule, it was argued.