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This article is the result of intermittent work spanning two years. It tracks medical doctors in the UK (England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland) convicted of criminal offences over the last 30 years. It aims to fill the gap left by the absence of a consolidated public database for historical medical criminality.
Whether or not you agree our Fat Disclaimer applies
Compiling this list highlights a significant transparency gap in the UK medical regulatory landscape. While the General Medical Council (GMC) maintains a live register, it is primarily a tool for checking current fitness to practice. Once a doctor is erased for criminal conduct, their entry is often removed or made difficult to search within a historical context. This database serves as a consolidated record, drawing from MPTS tribunal reports, court transcripts, and investigative journalism to ensure that serious criminal breaches of professional trust remain part of the public record.
The data presented here is sourced directly from primary legal and regulatory documents. Tracking cases from 30 years ago involves navigating archived news and physical records, as digital trails for doctors struck off in the 1990s are often incomplete. This project is an ongoing effort to provide a single point of reference for researchers, patients, and the public.
The lists are still being constructed and undergoing continuous fact checking.
Murder / Unlawful Killing
Some GNM cases appear in both this table and the GNM table below — marked with *.
| Name | Specialty | Location | Conviction Year | Sentence | GMC Outcome | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Shipman | GP | Hyde, Greater Manchester | 2000 | Whole life (15 whole-life tariffs) | Struck off (Feb 2000) | Shipman Inquiry — National Archives |
| Isyaka Mamman * | Specialty Doctor (Haematology) | Oldham | 2022 | 3 years imprisonment | Struck off (2023) | ITV News Granada |
| Bala Kovvali * | GP (Locum) | Sheffield | 2013 | 2.5 years imprisonment | Struck off | BMJ |
| Sudhanshu Garg * | Consultant Urologist | Bradford | 2012 | 2 years imprisonment (reduced from 3 on appeal) | Restored to Register (2014) | Yorkshire Post |
* Also appears in the Gross Negligence Manslaughter table.
Attempted Murder
| Name | Specialty | Location | Conviction Year | Sentence | GMC Outcome | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Kwan | GP | Sunderland | 2024 | 31 years 5 months | Struck off (Sept 2025) | Judiciary.uk — Sentencing Remarks |
The lists are still being constructed and undergoing continuous fact checking.
Sexual Offences (Including Child Abuse Images)
| Name | Specialty | Location | Conviction Year | Specific Crime | Sentence | GMC Outcome | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Sefton Davis | GP | Salford | 2023/2024 | Sexual abuse of patients (1995–2006); two separate trials | 8 years imprisonment | Struck off (2025) | GMP News |
| Alan Campbell | GP | Northern Ireland | 2025 | 11 counts of making/possessing indecent images | 75 hours community service; 2 years probation | Struck off (Jan 2026) | MPTS Record |
| Sharmake Maxamed | Clinical Fellow | Nuneaton | 2024 | Indecent images of children; cocaine possession | 10 months (suspended) | Struck off (2025) | ITV News |
| Stephen Cox | GP | Bracknell | 2024 | 12 counts of indecent assault on female patients (1980s–90s) | 22 years imprisonment | Struck off (Aug 2025) | CPS Statement |
| Lukasz Woda | Vascular Surgeon | Cambridge | 2024 | 326 indecent images of children (including Category A) | 10 months (suspended) | Struck off (June 2025) | MPTS Record |
| Oliver Smith | Foundation Year Doctor | Bradford | 2024 | Possession of indecent images of children | Community order (200 hrs unpaid work) | Struck off (Sept 2025) | MPTS Record |
| Emmanuel Hakem | ST5 O&G Trainee | Bristol / Devon | 2024 | One count of exposure | Community order (42-day programme) | Struck off (Oct 2025) | MPTS Record |
| Mohan Babu | GP | Hampshire (Havant) | 2024 | Sexual assault of 3 patients (4 counts; offences 2019–2021) | 3.5 years imprisonment | Struck off (2024) | CPS Statement |
| Nicholas Chapman | GP | Taunton | 2023 | Attempting to cause sexual activity without consent (semen in coffee) | 12-month community order; 200 hrs unpaid work | Struck off (July 2025) | ITV News |
| Krishna Singh | GP | Lanarkshire | 2022, 2025 | 54 sexual offences against 47 female patients (2022); further historical offences (2025) | 12 years (2022) + 5 years concurrent (2025) | Struck off | Police Scotland |
| Robert Varnam | GP; Director of General Practice Development, NHS England | Manchester | 2023 | 241 indecent images of children (3 counts of making indecent photographs) | 2-year community order; 150 hrs community service | Struck off (Jan 2024) | Pulse Today |
| Myles Bradbury | Consultant Paediatric Haematologist | Cambridge | 2014 | 25 offences: sexual assault, voyeurism, indecent images — 18 child cancer patients (boys aged 10–16) | 16 years + 6 years on licence (reduced from 22 years on appeal) | Struck off | Verita Inquiry Report |
| Michael Haslam | Consultant Psychiatrist | York | 2003 | Indecent assault of patients | 3 years imprisonment (reduced from 7 on appeal) | Voluntary erasure | BMJ |
| William Kerr | Consultant Psychiatrist | North Yorkshire | 2000 | 1 count of indecent assault (Trial of the Facts verdict — found to have done the act but unfit to plead) | No custodial sentence | Struck off | Kerr/Haslam Inquiry Report (gov.uk) |
| Clifford Ayling | GP | Kent | 2000 | 12 counts of indecent assault against 10 female patients | 4 years imprisonment | Struck off | Ayling Inquiry Report, YouTube summary |
The lists are still being constructed and undergoing continuous fact checking.
Fraud / Theft
| Name | Specialty | Location | Conviction Year | Specific Crime | Sentence | GMC Outcome | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Hopper | Vascular Surgeon | Cornwall | 2025 | Fraud (staged self-amputation insurance claim); possession of extreme pornography | 32 months imprisonment | Struck off (Aug 2025) | BBC |
| Sandra Ndirika | Urology Trainee | Wolverhampton | 2024 | Stole patient’s wallet; cloned bank card | 12 months (suspended 18 months) | Suspended 12 months (MPTS) | MPTS Record |
| Jonathon Dean | Anaesthetist | London | 2024 | Theft of controlled drugs from hospital | 25 months imprisonment | Interim suspension (MPTS hearing Mar 2026) [1] | Judiciary (Sentencing Remarks) |
| Rajeev Reghunath | Psychiatrist | Manchester | 2023 | Fraud (approx. £29,750 in falsified timesheets) | 18 months (suspended); 200 hrs unpaid work | Struck off (May 2024) | MPTS Record |
| Zholia Alemi | Posed as Psychiatrist (unqualified) | Various (UK) | 2023 | Forgery (faked degree); £1.3m theft and fraud | 7 years imprisonment | Struck off (Feb 2023) | BBC News |
| Attiya Sheikh | Doctor | East Kilbride | 2025 | Resetting (handling stolen goods — NHS equipment) | 10 months imprisonment | Interim conditions (MPTS) | MPTS |
| Collen Nkomo | Locum Doctor | Liverpool | 2017 | Child maintenance fraud (£40,800); driving offences | 20 months (suspended) | Struck off (2018) | MPTS Record |
| Anthony Madu | Gynaecologist | Wales / Yorkshire | 2014 | Fraud (worked as locum while on certified sick leave) | 2 years (suspended 2014); 2 years custody (2017 — non-payment of confiscation order) | Struck off (2016) | BBC |
Footnote
[1] Jonathon Dean: His full MPTS misconduct hearing was scheduled for 16 March – 31 March 2026. He is under interim suspension pending the outcome.
The lists are still being constructed and undergoing continuous fact checking.
Violent Offences
| Name | Specialty | Location | Conviction Year | Specific Crime | Sentence | GMC Outcome | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Siddiqui | Clinical Fellow, Paediatric Surgery [2] | Southampton / UK-wide | 2024 | 25 counts: ABH (11), child cruelty (6), administering prescription-only medicines (8) — unsafe home circumcisions post-erasure | 5 years 7 months imprisonment | Already struck off (2015) [2] | CPS Statement |
| George Akinkunle Lawson | Doctor | Renfrewshire | 2024 | Multiple assaults (4 victims); threatening and abusive behaviour; coercive control | Community Payback (250 hrs); electronic tag | Struck off (Mar 2025) | The Daily Record |
| Anatta Nergui | Psychiatrist | Glasgow | 2020 | Stalking; resisting police arrest | 18 months supervision; 150 hrs unpaid work | Suspended 12 months (MPTS 2023); reviewed May 2025 | MPTS Record |
| Simon Bramhall | Liver Surgeon | Birmingham | 2017 | Assault by beating (burned initials “SB” on patients’ livers using argon beam) | 12-month community order; £10,000 fine | Struck off (Jan 2022) | The Guardian |
Footnotes
[2] Mohammad Siddiqui: Siddiqui was struck off in 2015 for clinical failings in earlier circumcision procedures. The 2024 criminal conviction relates entirely to his continued practice after erasure. The guilty plea was entered October 2024; sentencing was January 2025.
The lists are still being constructed and undergoing continuous fact checking.
Gross Negligence Manslaughter (GNM)
Gross negligence manslaughter is a distinct category of unlawful killing. In a medical context, it requires a “gross” breach of a duty of care that causes death. Unlike cases of intentional harm, these convictions often arise from errors made during medical treatment. An article in the British Medical Journal 2015 found that 11 doctors were charged with medical manslaughter in the UK between 2006 and 2013, of whom six (55%) were convicted.
Some cases also appear in the Murder / Unlawful Killing table above — marked with *.
| Name | Specialty | Location | Conviction Year | Sentence | GMC Outcome | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isyaka Mamman * | Specialty Doctor (Haematology) | Oldham | 2022 | 3 years imprisonment | Struck off (2023) | ITV News Granada |
| Hadiza Bawa-Garba | Paediatric Registrar (ST6) | Leicester | 2015 | 24 months (suspended) | Restored to Register (Aug 2018) [3] | GPonline / Court of Appeal |
| David Sellu** | Consultant Colorectal Surgeon | London (Harrow) | 2013 (quashed 2016) [4] | 2.5 years imprisonment (served 15 months) | Fully cleared — all GMC allegations not proved (MPTS Mar 2018) [4] | Pulse Today |
| Sudhanshu Garg * | Consultant Urologist | Bradford | 2012 | 2 years imprisonment (reduced from 3 on appeal) | Restored to Register (2014) | Yorkshire Post |
| Bala Kovvali * | GP (Locum) | Sheffield | 2013 | 2.5 years imprisonment | Struck off | Yorkshire Post |
| Michael Stevenson | GP | Nottinghamshire | 2007 | 15 months (suspended) | Struck off (Sept 2009) | RCS Bulletin |
| Steven Walker | Consultant General Surgeon | Blackpool | 2004 | 21 months (suspended) | Struck off (2005) [5] | RCS Bulletin |
| Amit Misra | Senior House Officer (Orthopaedics) | Southampton | 2003 | 18 months (suspended 2 years) | Suspended 12 months (GMC, Oct 2005) [6] | BMJ / PMC |
| Rajeev Srivastava | Senior House Officer (Orthopaedics) | Southampton | 2003 | 18 months (suspended 2 years) | Suspended 6 months (GMC, Oct 2005) [6] | BMJ / PMC |
| Feda Mulhem | Haematology SpR | Nottingham (Queen’s Medical Centre) | 2003 | 8 months imprisonment (time served on remand; released immediately) | Suspended 12 months (GMC) | BMJ / PMC |
| John Adomako | Anaesthetist (Locum) | Croydon | 1990 | 6 months (suspended) | Struck off | [R v Adomako 1994] UKHL 6 |
* Also appears in the Murder / Unlawful Killing table.
Footnotes and Qualifying Comments
[3] Hadiza Bawa-Garba — complex GMC sequence: convicted November 2015 (2-year suspended sentence). June 2017: MPTS suspended 12 months. January 2018: GMC High Court appeal resulted in strike-off. August 2018: Court of Appeal quashed the strike-off and restored the original 12-month suspension, ruling the MPTS was entitled to take account of systemic failures at the hospital. Returned to practice approximately July 2019 after a further MPTS review. This case became a landmark in the profession — partly around individual culpability versus systemic failure, and partly around the use of reflective notes as evidence in fitness-to-practise proceedings.
[4] David Sellu — convicted November 2013 at the Central Criminal Court; served 15 months of a 2.5-year sentence. Conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal in November 2016 on the grounds the trial judge had not properly directed the jury on the legal meaning of gross negligence. The GMC nonetheless pursued fitness-to-practise proceedings. In March 2018 the MPTS found all allegations “not proved” and revoked all restrictions immediately. He is fully cleared.
[5] Steven Walker — struck off twice. The first erasure was in 2001 following a GMC finding of serious professional misconduct (operating beyond his competence). He appealed and was reinstated with conditions in 2003. Following the 2004 guilty plea to GNM manslaughter, the GMC erased him again in 2005, this time also citing dishonest removal of a theatre register. He applied for restoration in 2013 but withdrew the application.
[6] Misra and Srivastava — both convicted 11 April 2003 at Winchester Crown Court following the death of Sean Phillips after routine knee surgery at Southampton General Hospital. The GMC took no action for over two years after conviction. Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust was separately prosecuted under the Health and Safety at Work Act and fined £100,000 in 2006 — the first NHS trust prosecuted for failing to supervise junior doctors. This case, alongside Bawa-Garba’s, is frequently cited in discussions about blame culture in the NHS and the vulnerability of junior doctors working without adequate supervision.
