Pathologist's fitness to practice impaired

A General Medical Council disciplinary panel in the UK today ruled Dr Freddy Patel, the pathologist who carried out the first autopsy on Ian Tomlinson who died at last year’s G20 protest, acted in a way that amounted to misconduct during two earlier post-mortem examinations and his fitness to practise is impaired.

The panel also ruled that Dr Patel had displayed deficient professional performance in a third post-mortem.