The doctor at the centre of the Bloodgate saga did not act in the best interests of the rugby player she cut to cover up a bogus injury, a disciplinary panel said today.
Dr Wendy Chapman previously said she was “ashamed” that she gave into pressure from the Harlequins winger Tom Williams, who wanted to conceal that, minutes earlier, he had bitten into a fake-blood capsule.
His fake injury meant a specialist goal kicker could come on to the pitch in the dying minutes of last April’s Heineken Cup rugby union quarter-final tie against Leinster, who held on to win 6-5.
Dr Chapman had already admitted almost all the charges levelled against her by the General Medical Council, which said her conduct on the matchday, and at a later European Rugby Cup disciplinary hearing, was likely to bring the profession into disrepute and was dishonest.
Read more at The Guardian.
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