A surgeon from the UK was placed in jail for two years and eight months for a “sexual obsession” with amputation due to him chopping off his legs for a $600,000 scam, according to the New York Post.

Surgeon Had Legs Amputated Due To “Sexual Obsession” With Limb Mutilation

49-year-old Doctor Neil Hopper pled guilty to two counts of insurance fraud and three counts of possessing extreme porn at Truro Crown Court, reported the BBC. The doctor had performed plenty of amputations before amputating his own legs in 2019.

The doctor had submerged his legs in a substance combined with ice and dry ice for eight hours. He then falsely claimed to insurers that he had sepsis and had his legs removed, stated prosecutor Nicholas Lee.

Hopper’s scam resulted in him pocketing over £466,000 ($625,000 USD

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