Suffolk vet struck off for bestiality

RE: Suffolk vet struck off for bestiality

Sal the 1st — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 21:01:00 GMT

a conditional discharge maybe but he pleaded guilty to the offences - didnt that set any warning bells ringing? or it appears not. But hey ho the public love reading about this stuff in the press

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raggydoll — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 15:52:32 GMT

Absolutely disgusting! He should also be put on the sex offenders register. What a monster!

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Jenny Webster — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 13:54:57 GMT

This is disgusting. Why is there no mention of a criminal conviction? Surely this is a criminal offence and surely the other people mentioned in the images can also be banged to rights!?

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Arlo Guthrie — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 13:09:19 GMT

Sal, he was given a conditional discharge, which is not a conviction, so when he applied to register with the RCVS, it could not refuse his application.

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Alison Clare Hickman — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 16:24:26 GMT

I agree Sal, seems very odd not to mention the double-standards. Curious to know how we are all checked out. Are we all automatically checked out? Or. Does the RCVS simply rely on us telling them ie being honest? Not too perfect a system then, if this is the case!

If a criminal charge is not yet proven (whatever that charge may be for and however we feel about the basis of the charge - even as stomach churning as this is) then I assume nothing can be taken into account when considering the person for entry onto the register? Innocent until proven guilty of course; wouldn't want to bar anyone wrongly accused and found innocent. Of course, there can be no case to answer despite evidence to the contrary...or the case falls apart for a technical reason - in which instances there is a basis for querying (at least) if this is a suitable person for inclusion in the Register? Who are the RCVS to be a judge and jury if the Law Courts cannot prove guilt? Difficult. Mind you, the Disciplinary Committee seem to do their own thing on a regular basis (my own opinion of course) so who's to say what the RCVS might decide/have the pwer to do?!

A conditional discharge is different though - he IS guilty but no punishment was meted out; just behave yourself (in the manner we prescribe) from now on mate or you will be sentenced (punished)... In this instance why did he get accepted onto the Register? Confused.

Perhaps we should put our questions to Nick Stace? What do you think? Is there a 'SOP' somewhere in a filing cabinet at the RCVS for these cases!

All in all - it's a worrying puzzle.

:-((

RE: Suffolk vet struck off for bestiality

Sal the 1st — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 22:48:51 GMT

Nasty - but there is something else I just cannot get my head around, various offences from 2009, court appearance April 2012 to which he pleaded guilty to seven charges but then registered with the RCVS in July 2013. Doesn't anybody check these things? Seems like its different for nurses - note the date www.vetnurse.co.uk/.../139486.aspx

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Alison Clare Hickman — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 11:47:40 GMT

I feel very sick. Vile. I realise I need to understand the world and all its differences but this goes way beyond my comprehension and compassion. Shudder.