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Justice at last
Author(s) -
Kirby Roger
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
trends in urology and men's health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2044-3749
pISSN - 2044-3730
DOI - 10.1002/tre.557
Subject(s) - coroner , conviction , inquest , prison , appeal , jury , law , criminology , economic justice , political science , psychology , medicine , poison control , suicide prevention , medical emergency
In November 2013, an Old Bailey jury, by a 10–2 majority, convicted general surgeon David Sellu of the manslaughter of a patient by ‘gross negligence’. A six‐year journey has taken the Sierra Leone‐born surgeon through a coroner's inquest, hospital investigation, police inquiry, prosecution, conviction, 15 months in prison and, eventually, to the Appeal Court, where three senior judges quashed his conviction…