Surgeon Jailed After Amputation of Own Legs
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A surgeon was jailed for amputating his own legs and committing insurance fraud, with discussion focusing on the disturbing details of the case and the surgeon's motivations.
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> An NHS vascular surgeon who had his own legs removed has been jailed for two years and eight months for insurance fraud and possessing extreme pornography.
> The extreme pornography offences were connected to videos of body mutilations that Hopper had purchased online and did not include children, the court heard.
It sounds like he was mainly jailed for insurance fraud? The porn sounds shocking, but not illegal (though IANAL)
It sounds like in the UK, it is, otherwise there wouldn't be charges brought up against it.