tracy and deborah, two ian paterson's victims.ctims. news of the higher sentence was just what they had hoped for. i felt very emotional. it was the right decision. the increase has given the right message. we have all got life sentences. 20 years, to me, at least he will serve a significant sentence. the court of appealjudges said no sentence could properly reflect the suffering of his patients, and they ruled he should serve an extra five years. the government lawyer that challenge the original sentence said justice had been done. the substantial increase in the sentence, to 20 years, sends out a clear message to the wider community that our system will not tolerate such egregious breaches of trust. ian paterson, seen here before his sentencing, mutilated patients after deceiving them into a necessary surgery. patients after deceiving them into a necessary surgery. he watched today's hearing from prison by videolink, at times shaking his head when details of his offences were described. that angered john, in court today. he was

tracy and deborah, two of ian paterson's victims.ght decision. the increase has given the right message. we've all got life sentences. but 20 years, to me, at least he'll serve a significant sentence. court of appealjudges said no sentence could properly reflect the suffering of paterson's patients, and they ruled he should serve an extra five years. the government lawyer who challenged the original sentence said justice had been done. the substantial increase in the sentence, to 20 years, sends out a clear message to the wider community that our system will not tolerate such egregious breaches of trust. paterson, seen here before his sentencing, mutilated patients after deceiving them into unnecessary surgery. he watched today's hearing by videolink from prison, at times shaking his head when details of his offences were described. that angered john, who was in court today. he was talked into a double mastectomy by paterson. still shaking his head in disbelief, still muttering to himself when he doesn't agree with what's being said

there have been a breach of trust and abuse of power by ian paterson.gh they had no problems at all. there we re they had no problems at all. there were ten victims in this criminal case and there were many more that haven't been brought to court. this happened over a long period of time, over ten years. he must have known what he was doing. we don't know why he did it, maybe forfinancial gain or maybe for the sense of power he had over his patients. also to the victims. she took into mitigation that he has lost his career, lost his money and has been sent to prison. she said ultimately that 15 year sentence handed down wasn't big enough and that 20 years was the necessary sentence given the totality of those offences and factors i mentioned. 17 counts of wounding with intent and three of unlawful wounding which he was found guilty of at nottingham crown court. this had been referred to the court of appeal by the solicitor general, robert buckland. he was saying that the surgeon's crimes had caused not only a high degree of physical harm but psychologic

tracy and deborah, two of ian paterson's victims. just what they'd hoped for. i felt very emotional. we wanted the right decision. the increase has given the right message. we've all got life sentences. but 20 years, to me, at least he'll serve a significant sentence. court of appealjudges said no sentence could properly reflect the suffering of paterson's patients, and they ruled he should serve an extra five years. the government lawyer who challenged the original sentence said justice had been done. the substantial increase in the sentence, to 20 years, sends out a clear message to the wider community that our system will not tolerate such egregious breaches of trust. paterson, seen here before his sentencing, mutilated patients after deceiving them into unnecessary surgery. he watched today's hearing by videolink from prison, at times shaking his head when details of his offences were described. that angered john, who was in court today. he was talked into a double mastectomy by paterson. still shaking his head in disbelief, stil

there were many more patients are affected by ian paterson's actions.mage he caused to ten victims. what they said was the original trial judge victims. what they said was the original trialjudge at victims. what they said was the original trial judge at nottingham crown court had basically got the legality is right in his analysis of the sentencing, but he hadn't reflected the fact there were 17 of these very, very serious offences. they felt and said a sentence of 20 yea rs they felt and said a sentence of 20 years was more appropriate than 15. afterwards, the solicitor general, who had brought the case on behalf of the government asking for a higher sentence, said it was a substantial increase. he felt justice had been seen to be done. some of paterson's victims were there and indicated there were more content with the sentence of 20 yea rs content with the sentence of 20 years than the original one. hugh pym, thanks. children from the poorest families in england can be two years behind their more affluent classmates by the time they finish secondary

ian paterson was jailed in may after being convicted of 17 counts of wounding with intent and three counts three men convicted of terror offences who called themselves the three musketeers have been jailed for life for plotting an attack on a police or military target. naweed ali, mohibur rahman and kho—baib hussain, who are all from the from the west midlands, were told they'd spend at least 20 years in jail. a fourth man, tahir aziz, was given a minimum term of 15 years. a man who died after an altercation with police in london last month had swallowed a package of paracetamol and caffeine, according to the independent police complaints commission. rashan charles, who was followed, then restrained by police became ill after putting an object in his mouth. the investigation into allegations of russian interference in last year's us presidential election has taken a significant turn tonight. the wall streetjournal is reporting that the special counsel robert mueller has convened a grand jury as part of his investigation. 0ur north america editor jon sopel is in washington. well, you almost

forfar too long, this offender, ian paterson, abused that trust.tematically mutilating them on the operating table. today's hearing, in front of the court of appeal, i think, has been a ringing endorsement of my decision to ask for this sentence to be reviewed. a substantial increase in the sentenced to 20 years should send a clear message to the wider community that our system will not tolerate such egregious breaches of trust. i very much hope that the victims of these appalling crimes will find that today's hearing has brought them some more of a degree of closure. my thoughts are with all of closure. my thoughts are with all of them and my thanks to them, for bravely standing up, making their statements, and ensuring that this perpetrator was brought to justice. forfive weeks rubbish has been piling up on the streets of birmingham because of a dispute between the council and bin collectors. now volunteers have started clearing the streets themselves. refuse workers have been taking strike action because of disagreements about working conditions

ian paterson was jailed in may after being convicted of 17 counts of wounding with intent and three countse men convicted of terror offences, who called themselves the three musketeers, have been jailed for life for plotting an attack on a police or military target. naweed ali, mohibur rahman and khobaib hussain, who are all from the west midlands, were told they'd spend at least 20 years in jail. a fourth man, tahir aziz, was given a minimum term of 15 years. a man who died after a police chase in london last month had swallowed a package of paracetamol and caffeine, according to the independent police complaints commission. rashan charles, who was followed and restrained by police, became ill after putting an object in his mouth. the investigation into allegations of russia's interference in last year's us election took a significant turn tonight. the wall streetjournal is reporting that the special counsel robert mueller has convened a grand jury as part of his investigation. 0ur north america editorjon sopel is in washington for us tonight. how significant is all this? it is significan

ian paterson, who left victims scarred and disfigured, was convicted in may at nottingham crown court she had every condition and required the double must mastectomy. shejoins me know. your reaction to the news that the sentence has been increased? absolutely wonderful. my personal opinion should've been that he should have got a life sentence in the first place. i did not think 15 yea rs was the first place. i did not think 15 years was enough. i am pleased that another five years have been overdone. it is nice to know that thejudges could see overdone. it is nice to know that the judges could see the other side of it and how the victims had been affected. what happened to you? i was told that i had a real disease that there was no known cure for and the two people that had had that before had both finished up having mastectomies. i did not need to question hisjudgment mastectomies. i did not need to question his judgment at the time. i do not think to do that. u nfortu nately, do not think to do that. unfortunately, i was taken in by his lies. he said to stop the disease from spread

ian paterson, who left victims scarred and disfigured, was convicted in may at nottingham crown courtyou had in mind, to label products sentence? i appeared myself in court and argued that a sentence of 20 yea rs and argued that a sentence of 20 years or more would have been more appropriate, bearing in mind there we re appropriate, bearing in mind there were ten victims of his crime who we re were ten victims of his crime who were the subject matter of a trial up were the subject matter of a trial up in nottingham. i am glad the court of appeal agreed that the sentence should be increased. and i very much hope that this will help the victims achieve something more ofa the victims achieve something more of a degree of closure on a dreadful chapter of events for them. a dreadful chapter with trust at the heart of it. the abuse of trust. quite right, abuse of trust, abuse of position of power as well. let's think about it for a moment. we all assumed their relationship of trust between ourselves and our doctors. and in the main, that works brilliantly well. but when that trust is underm