Surgeons who intentionally amputated their legs, insurance fraud...Extreme image micrographs
Sep 05, 2025
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He was also found to have been carrying bizarre pornography.
British surgeon Neil Hopper, 49, was recently sentenced to two years and eight months in prison on charges of insurance fraud and possession of extreme pornography, according to the BBC and other foreign media. He was arrested in March 2023, and his medical registration has been suspended since December of the same year.
According to the investigation, he underwent a amputation in 2019 by intentionally necrotizing his leg using ice and dry ice.
Since then, he has claimed about 466,000 pounds (about 900 million won) in insurance by deceiving it as an operation caused by a sepsis disease.
Having previously performed hundreds of amputations, he returned to the hospital six months after the operation wearing a prosthetic leg.
Prosecutors say Hopper has long been obsessed and sexually interested in amputations"This eventually led to allegations of extreme pornography along with insurance fraud." The court judged that the pornography was a video containing body damage, and although it did not include children, the level of damage was very high.
The lawyer said that Hopper had suffered from Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) since childhood and recognized his feet as 'unnecessary'" he insisted.
This disease is a mental illness that obsesses with excessive negative perceptions of one's appearance or body parts. It is said that people with this disease are seriously aware of the flaws in their appearance that are actually unnoticed or minor, and feel that they have a great impact on their lives.
On the other hand, the patient who underwent amputation by Hopper was a doctor who was "very kind and informed."I was shocked.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
