Dr Freddy Patel labelled 'misleading' over Tomlinson case
Dr Freddy Patel has been removed from the official register of approved forensic pathologists
A disciplinary panel says the pathologist who conducted the first post-mortem examination on Ian Tomlinson is "dishonest" and "liable to bring his profession into disrepute".
Dr Freddy Patel said Mr Tomlinson, who was pushed to the ground by a policeman at the G20 protests in London in 2009, had died of coronary artery disease.
A Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service panel found this was wrong.
The panel also found that his conduct was "misleading".
In total, 68 failings were identified by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service in Dr Patel's work on the case of Mr Tomlinson.
The panel will now determine if his "fitness to practise" was "impaired by reason of misconduct and/or deficient professional performance" and if he should be allowed to continue as a pathologist.
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An inquest jury found that Mr Tomlinson had been unlawfully killed but the police officer who pushed him and struck him with a baton, Simon Harwood, was cleared of manslaughter.
Last year, Dr Patel - who is currently suspended - was given a four-month ban for dishonesty and omitting key findings after examining the body of a murder victim who he said had died from natural causes.
Dr Patel has also served a three-month suspension for failings in other cases and is no longer on the official register of approved forensic pathologists.
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