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Myles Bradbury: Cambridge paedophile doctor 'had 170,000 images' | |
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A paedophile doctor who abused boys with cancer had more than 170,000 spy pen images of patients, a court heard. | |
Myles Bradbury, 41, of Herringswell, Suffolk, admitted abusing 18 children in his care at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, between 2009 and 2013. | Myles Bradbury, 41, of Herringswell, Suffolk, admitted abusing 18 children in his care at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, between 2009 and 2013. |
Cambridge Crown Court heard the pen carried 170,425 images of "boys partially clothed... none indecent". | |
Bradbury's sentencing hearing was told the images were gathered at Addenbrooke's Hospital. | |
Some of his victims had haemophilia, leukaemia and other serious illnesses. | |
John Farmer QC, prosecuting, said Bradbury's "abuse of his position of trust was extreme". | John Farmer QC, prosecuting, said Bradbury's "abuse of his position of trust was extreme". |
'Sexual interest in boys' | |
Bradbury ignored questions from the BBC as he walked into court, just after 08:00 GMT, about six hours before his two-day sentencing hearing. | |
He has pleaded guilty to 25 offences, including sexual assault, voyeurism and possessing more than 16,000 indecent images. | |
At the beginning of the hearing, Mr Farmer said the defendant had a "longstanding, unlawful, sexual interest in boys". | |
"The defendant, through the trust he had acquired, circumvented the procedures and encourages a number of young patients to see him alone," he said. | |
"It was in these circumstance under the guise of legitimate examinations he went entirely beyond the bounds." | |
'Betrayed his profession' | |
He said he inappropriately touched his young patients "for his own personal gratification", sometimes behind a curtain close to parents. | |
Mr Farmer said Bradbury was first arrested in December 2013 after Suffolk Police were alerted by Canadian authorities that he had bought a DVD containing indecent images of children. | |
At that point Cambridgeshire Police were already investigating after concerns were raised about his conduct at Addenbrooke's. | |
"This defendant was a complete maverick and his behaviour is the antithesis of his profession - he has betrayed his profession," he said. | |
Dr Keith McNeil, chief executive of Addenbrooke's, said parents held the doctor "in the highest of esteem", but now they were "reluctant to go back" to the hospital. | |
"Confidence in the hospital has been undermined", he said. | |
Defence barrister Angela Rafferty said she had not been instructed to put forward any mitigation, adding "the only point I make is a legal point - thankfully, none of the offences were penetrative". | |
Judge Gareth Hawkesworth replied: "Not penetrative physically, but highly penetrative psychologically". | |
The case was adjourned until Monday. |