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G20 pathologist Freddy Patel 'not fit to practise' G20 pathologist Freddy Patel 'not fit to practise'
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The pathologist who conducted the first post-mortem examination on Ian Tomlinson is not fit to practise, a disciplinary panel has ruled. The pathologist who conducted the first post-mortem tests on a man who died in the 2009 G20 protests in London is not fit to practise, a tribunal has ruled.
Dr Freddy Patel had found the newspaper seller, who was pushed to the ground by a policeman at G20 protests in 2009, died of coronary artery disease. Dr Freddy Patel said Ian Tomlinson died of coronary artery disease.
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service's ruling stemmed from the way he handled the tests into the death. The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service said this was wrong. It will now decide what sanctions to take.
It will now decide what sanctions will be taken against Dr Patel. Pc Simon Harwood, who had pushed Mr Tomlinson to the ground but was cleared of manslaughter, now faces Met Police disciplinary proceedings in September.
An inquest jury found that Mr Tomlinson had been unlawfully killed but the police officer who pushed him and struck him with a baton, Simon Harwood, was cleared of manslaughter after a crown court trial. An inquest jury found that Mr Tomlinson had been unlawfully killed but Pc Harwood was cleared at a subsequent crown court trial.
The tribunal found Dr Patel, who is currently suspended, had "brought the profession into disrepute" and said his integrity could not be relied upon.
He also breached one of the "fundamental tenets of the profession" through his dishonesty, it said.
Dr Patel's conclusion that Mr Tomlinson died of a cardiac arrest was questioned when a recording emerged showing him being pushed and struck with a baton by Pc Harwood.
Further medical reports suggested he had actually died from an injury to his liver that caused internal bleeding and then cardiac arrest.
Panel chairman Rev Robert Lloyd-Richards said: "It is clearly in the interest of the general public that they should be able to have confidence in the coronial system and this confidence has been undermined by your failures in these cases.
"Having considered everything before it the panel has determined that your fitness to practise... is impaired by reason of misconduct and deficient professional performance in the case of Mr Tomlinson."
Last year, Dr Patel - who is currently suspended - was given a four-month ban for dishonesty and omitting key findings after examining the body of a murder victim who he said had died from natural causes.Last year, Dr Patel - who is currently suspended - was given a four-month ban for dishonesty and omitting key findings after examining the body of a murder victim who he said had died from natural causes.
He has also served a three-month suspension for failings in other cases and is no longer on the official register of approved forensic pathologists.He has also served a three-month suspension for failings in other cases and is no longer on the official register of approved forensic pathologists.