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Fri 07 Jul 2009Accused pretended to be doctor, court told
A CORK man has gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court accused of depriving his former girlfriend of medical treatment by masquerading as a doctor and purporting to carry out medical procedures on her.
Prosecuting counsel Paul Coffey SC told the jury that after their four-month relationship ended the woman was diagnosed with a potentially life threatening tumour which had to be removed.
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