US EditionNHS Surgeon Jailed for 32 Months for Insurance Fraud After Self-Inflicted Amputations
Neil Hopper, motivated by a sexual interest in amputation and greed, fraudulently claimed over £466,000 from insurers by lying about the cause of his self-inflicted leg amputations.
- Neil Hopper, a 49-year-old vascular surgeon from Truro, was jailed for 32 months in 2023 after pleading guilty to insurance fraud and possessing extreme pornographic images.
- Hopper deliberately froze his own legs with dry ice in April 2019, motivated by a long-standing obsession and a sexual interest in amputation.
- He fraudulently claimed more than £466,000 from two insurance companies by falsely stating his amputations were caused by illness, and spent the money on luxury items including a camper van and home improvements.
- Judge James Adkin sentenced Hopper to 22 months for the fraud and 10 months consecutively for the possession of extreme images, while the General Medical Council suspended him from the medical register in December 2023.
- The hospital group where Hopper worked confirmed that the charges were unrelated to his professional behavior and found no indication of any danger to patients, adding that staff received appropriate support following the matter.
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Surgeon Jailed After Amputating His Own Legs on Purpose for Sexual Fetish
Back in late July, I shared the story of Neil Hopper with you. Hopper is a highly respected vascular surgeon from Cornwall, England, despite needing both of his legs amputated after they had rotted away due to sepsis. He was something of a popular public figure in England—one of those inspirational everyday heroes that nations love to single out as their best. And then it turned out he was allegedly a fraud and used a website called “the unit ca…
A surgeon was jailed this Friday in England after it was discovered that both legs were amputated to receive $590,000 insurance. The doctor, identified as Neil Hopper, froze his legs until amputation was the only option to save his life. He lied to the insurers when he claimed that they had actually had to be cut off by an infection.In May 2019, Hopper suffered two amputations below his knee after a “mysterious illness” and after complaining abo…
British surgeon accused of amputating his own legs in twisted fantasy about 'removing parts of his own body'
A British vascular surgeon who deliberately inflicted injuries upon himself that led to the amputation of his legs has been jailed for fraud after he falsely claimed nearly £500,000 (around $675,00) in insurance payouts. The surgeon, Neil Hopper, 49, told insurers that the injuries were a result of sepsis, but a court heard that his actions were motivated by a long-held ambition and a sexual interest in amputation. The court heard that in April …
Doctor jailed after getting his own legs amputated for 'sexual fetish,' then making insurance claim
A British doctor was sentenced to nearly 2 1/2 years behind bars for insurance fraud after claiming his legs were lost due to sepsis — when he actually forced the amputations for sexual gratification, officials said Thursday
Neil Hopper shocked Britain with an incredible confession: he deliberately let his legs freeze because it sexually aroused him.
Surgeon with 'Sexual Interest In Amputation' Jailed After Having His Own Legs Cut Off
The surgeon made headlines for claiming he amputated his legs after developing sepsis, before a horrific truth involving body mutilation pornography and his connection to a man dubbed the "eunuch maker" were revealed.
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