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An ex-British army doctor was stripped of his medical license on Friday for misconduct and failure to report injuries over an Iraqi prisoner, Baha Mousa’s death after being tortured and killed under the custody of British troops in 2003.
The Medical Practioners Tribunal Service made a ruling on Dr. Derek Keilloh, 38, came after a 47-day hearing and described the case as a turning point in military history.
Dr. Keilloh, currently practicing as a family doctor in North Yorkshire, was a British army captain and was called to 1st Battalion as a regimental medical officer in Queen’s Lancashire Regiment, in war-torn Basra by 2003.
He has denied the allegations and insisted that at the time of examining Mr. Mousa, he had not noticed any signs of injury.
Mr. Mousa had been hooded with a sandbag for nearly 24 hours, handcuffed and tortured by British troops. He had suffered 93 separate injuries including a broken nose, broken ribs and many serious his face and neck injuries.
The later probes found Dr. Keilloh’s story remain failed to align with the medical examination records. He was also accused of failing to report to the senior officers regarding the mistreatment.
Mr. Mousa, the 26-years old and the father of two, had been mistakenly arrested as an insurgent involved in the murder of four colleagues the month before his death; was actually an innocent hotel receptionist. His wife had also died of cancer a few months ago. And now his death left the couple’s children orphaned.
After a thorough investigation, the medical panel called Dr. Keilloh “a relatively inexperienced doctor” but did not allow the acceptance of any “repeated dishonesty”. So, “given the gravity and nature of the extent and context of your (Dr Keilloh’s) dishonesty, it considers that your (Dr Keilloh’s) misconduct is fundamentally incompatible” to continue his practices as medic.
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