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| Myles Bradbury: Cambridge paedophile doctor sentencing due | Myles Bradbury: Cambridge paedophile doctor sentencing due |
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| A paedophile doctor who abused boys with cancer has arrived in court for his sentencing hearing. | A paedophile doctor who abused boys with cancer has arrived in court for his sentencing hearing. |
| Myles Bradbury, of Herringswell, Suffolk, admitted abusing 18 children in his care at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, between 2009 and 2013. | Myles Bradbury, of Herringswell, Suffolk, admitted abusing 18 children in his care at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, between 2009 and 2013. |
| The 41-year-old arrived at Cambridge Crown Court at just after 08:00 GMT for the start of his two-day hearing. | The 41-year-old arrived at Cambridge Crown Court at just after 08:00 GMT for the start of his two-day hearing. |
| The hearing is due to start at 14:00 GMT. He ignored questions from the BBC as he walked into court. | The hearing is due to start at 14:00 GMT. He ignored questions from the BBC as he walked into court. |
| In total he has pleaded guilty to 25 offences, including sexual assault and possessing more than 16,000 indecent images. | In total he has pleaded guilty to 25 offences, including sexual assault and possessing more than 16,000 indecent images. |
| He has been told to expect a long sentence. | He has been told to expect a long sentence. |
| Bradbury was one of 2,345 UK suspects identified in Project Spade, a global child abuse investigation run by Canadian police, after he bought suspect videos off the internet. | |
| The information was passed to the UK's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop) in July 2012, but it was deemed "low risk" and local officers were not told until November 2013. | |
| In that time he abused eight more boys. The delay has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). | |
| Since his guilty plea the BBC has uncovered the scale of the paediatrician's manipulation, including him using a spy pen to film his victims and abusing patients behind a hospital curtain, just feet away from unsuspecting parents. | |
| On Thursday it was revealed he also went to an orphanage in Swaziland despite UK authorities being warned about his online activity. |