Doctor jailed for killing cancer patient

A doctor who admitted the manslaughter of a teenage cancer sufferer by mistakenly ordering a junior colleague to administer a fatal injection into his spine was today sentenced to 18 months imprisonment.

Wayne Jowett, 18, was recovering from leukaemia when Dr Feda Mulhem made a fatal error and a powerful anti-cancer drug was injected into the young apprentice mechanic through his spine, instead of into a vein.