Disgraced breast surgeon Ian Paterson refuses to attend inquest

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Disgraced breast surgeon Ian Paterson refuses to attend inquest

Families of former patients condemn refusal to give evidence, which lawyers say is due to health reasons and ‘inadequate facilities to prepare’

The jailed former breast surgeon Ian Paterson has refused to give evidence at an inquest into the deaths of 62 of his former patients, in a move labelled “unacceptable” and “atrocious” by families of the deceased.

Paterson had been due to speak at the judge-led inquest at Birmingham and Solihull coroner’s court, which is investigating whether 62 of Paterson’s former patients “died an unnatural death as a result of his actions”.

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