The mother of another of Hardy's victims condemned the panel's sanction, saying her family were "disgusted and horrified" that he had not been struck off. As the pathologist who wrongly concluded a murder victim died of natural causes is suspended, the New Journals RICHARD OSLEY looks back on the case he has followed since the inquest into Sally Whites death in 2002. 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In those two years, no one in Camden was safe. He accepted that these could include cases where the victim was unconscious and did not resist. The honeytrap plot that left father-of-six dead: Moment two women lead victim into his flat to seduce him 'Sonic boom' is heard across central England as 'ground shakes' and houses are rocked. Who knows? Police shut down a potential murder inquiry against Hardy after Dr Patels findings. He shows Hardy the photo of the naked body of Sally White. One community psychiatric nurse told the inquiry: With me it was just a gut feeling. 1982, Hardy arrested for trying to drown his wife, but charges dropped. editorial@camdennewjournal.com In his flat the police discovered the naked corpse of 31-year-old Sally. In 2010, Mr Justice Keith rules that Hardy will join an elite group of the countrys most dangerous criminals for whom life means life. Dr Patel did not record injuries, including finger grip marks and others apparently caused by a fork. It didnt make sense to us. Instead of a full statement detailing the curious circumstances in which Ms Whites body was found, police handed over what amounted to basic details for the sole intention of getting Ms Whites body released. After years of living in hostels, Hardys Camden flat was free from prying eyes and meant he was able to carry out his horrific crimes. Dr Chan oversaw hundreds of inquests at St Pancras, often lamenting the scourge of drug use in Camden and Islington. Hardy was the subject of an episode of Evil Up Close on the Crime and Investigation Network, focusing on the 2010 decision to keep Hardy in prison for the rest of his life. What would the playwright have made of the murders of Anthony Hardy? He also changes his plea to guilty to the murders of Elizabeth and Bridgette.The court hears from prosecutors and police that Hardy would lure the women to his flat for sex. It is clear detectives were concerned about what they had seen but these worries were not relayed to Dr Chan. The dismembered remains of the two other victims were found in December that year in bin bags near his home in north London. Now, Dr Patel's case has been resolved at the GMC, the Camden Ripper files may never be reopened again. Design by. The delay had amounted to an abuse of process. In one of the cases, the panel heard how he had failed to spot signs of abuse on five-year-old Islington girl, Annastacia Williams, whose parents were later jailed for child cruelty. Anthony John Hardy (31 May 1951 - 26 November 2020) was an English serial killer who was known as the Camden Ripper for dismembering some of his victims. You dont need too many powers of deduction to work out he is the man identified only as Dr Y. [18][22] The torso was found next to Chelsea Harbour on the Thames. "Your conclusions in the postmortem reports were made without any adequate consideration of other possible modes of death, including asphyxia, and that this was irresponsible; not of the standard expected of a competent forensic pathologist when undertaking and reporting on special or forensic postmortem examination; and liable to bring the medical profession into disrepute.". during the G20 protests faced fresh allegations today over examinations he carried out into a victim of the so-called "Camden Ripper". He was supended from all practice in September 2010 for three months after specific findings surrounding three examinations he had conducted. He was arrested in 1998 when a prostitute accused him of raping her, but the charges were dropped due to lack of evidence. I will accept this as the medical cause of her death, so there really is no other conclusion than to conclude this inquiry by recording a verdict that she died as a result of natural causes.. Police film inside Hardys squalid flat revealing the contents and a grim insight into Hardy and his thirst for violence and sex: pornographic films, satanic dubbings on the walls, tools of torture and blood stains. Looking back, it is amazing to think it was all over in 15 minutes. Published: 09 September, 2010 [21], Parker's incomplete body had been found on 17 December 2000, 11 days after she disappeared. The family move to Australia 1982 Hardy is arrested for trying to drown his wife. . This discouraged a police investigation that might have saved two later victims of Hardy, an earlier hearing was told. The film was directed by Robert Murray and written and produced by Will Hanrahan. Patel decided that White, a 31-year-old sex worker, had died of natural causes despite blood staining her clothing, bedding and a wall at Hardy's flat. I havent got them, so therefore they would have been shredded. Dr Freddy Patel, 63, who was criticised over his part in the investigation into the death of Ian Tomlinson during the G20 protests, omitted autopsy findings which he considered not "relevant". Then he drags her to a bath and tries to drown her. But at his trial in 2003, Hardy pleaded guilty to murdering her. In August 2012, Freddy Patel is struck off the medical register by the General Medical Council after he is found to be guilty of misconduct by a tribunal. [20] The other man was stocky and wearing dark clothing. "He has been asked to give evidence at the Inquest into the death of Mr Tomlinson and does not think that it would be appropriate for him to comment on his involvement before the Inquest. I have never recovered. The forensic pathologist involved in the "Camden Ripper" case has been found guilty of acting irresponsibly, incompetently and dishonestly, reports Channel 4 News Home Affairs Correspondent. But Dr Chan, according to the health authoritys investigation, had not been given the full picture; not only by Dr Patels attempt to establish how Ms White had died, but by the police as well. In the winter of 2002, a tramp looking for food in rubbish bins in Camden comes across a grim discovery: human body parts. Elizabeth died brutally at the hands of "Camden Ripper" Anthony Hardy. Dr Freddy Patel is accused . Retired police officer Mike Burrowes, recognises the man the press were calling the Camden Ripper and he calls detectives.Police arrest Hardy in a waiting room at Great Ormond Street hospital and begin questioning him. Dr Patel acknowledged at the hearing that the injuries were clearly visible, as they were described by a second pathologist, but said they had been enhanced by embalming fluid to show up on the second opinion. Dr Freddy Patel, who has been criticised for his part in the investigation into the death of Ian Tomlinson during the G20 protests, has been facing a General Medical Council hearing over his. I could rule out suffocation and strangulation, and if that was the method Id like to know.. Two of his victims, who Hardy later said died during bondage sex, were photographed in demonic masks after death and then callously mutilated, their torn limbs found tossed in black bin bags over Christmas 2002. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Test yourself with this Cockney Rhyming Slang quiz. All those decisions are important decisions that are not made by me, he says. [4], After the divorce, Hardy spent time in mental hospitals, diagnosed with bipolar disorder. It found proved charges that Dr Patel's post mortem conclusions did not properly consider the available evidence relating to the location and position of the victim's body in a locked room in the flat of a man recently arrested by police, plus the location of her clothing. Having been on the New Journal for four months, Iwas sitting in court that day as a cub reporter still getting used to the inquest system that most people have no knowledge of unless a relative or friend dies in unusual circumstances. The Murdaugh Family Murders: Why did Alex Murdaugh kill his wife and son? Dr Patel had told an earlier inquest that she had died from heart problems. [1], It was originally reported that police believed Hardy was possibly connected to the unsolved cases of two sex workers found dismembered and dumped in the River Thames, and up to five or six other murders that bore marked similarities to the ones for which he was convicted, but where not enough evidence was available directly implicating him. A lot of mistakes were made.. [16], In 2013, high-profile criminologist David Wilson released a documentary on Hardy as part of his Killers Behind Bars: The Untold Story series, in which he examined claims Hardy could be linked to the murders of London sex workers Sharon Hoare in Fulham in 1991 and Christine McGovern in Walthamstow in 1995.[24]. Yorkshire cricket racism hearing: Michael Vaughan gives evidence, Simon Le Bon on state of music industry, politics and enduring success, Fountains Abbey: How monastic ruins are being preserved from climate change impact, Trump still leads GOP race nationwide, says Republican pollster Frank Luntz. A spokesperson for Patel said he intended to consider the panel's decision carefully with his advisers. In 1982, Hardy is arrested for a serious attack against his wife. "Hardy is a dangerous, devious and manipulative man. Single mother faces 170 parking fine after overstaying at McDonald's for just 14 minutes while she treated Man had sex with his wife on bollard in protest after it had been erected by neighbour to stop him parking What will the next pandemic be? Hints and tips Those missing body parts of two women At a fitness-to-practise hearing into the pathologists competence, which began last week, the panel decided Ms Whites case could not be included. Later in the same documentary, images of the crime scene, including a blurred photo of Ms Whites body are included. The decision follows his suspension in September last year for misconduct relating to two other postmortems.