Former doctor to face trial on charges of defrauding cancer patients

A former doctor has been sent forward for trial to the Circuit Court in Ennis on charges that he defrauded terminally ill cancer patients.

The charges against 60-year-old Paschal Carmody of Ballycuggaran, Killaloe, County Clare include stealing cheques and obtaining monies under false pretences.

The Belfast Telegraph reports that all 44 offences are alleged to have occurred at a clinic in east Clare, and include that the former GP obtained money "by falsely pretending that cancer would be cured by photodynamic treatment". Paschal Carmody was struck off the medical register in 2004 after being found guilty of professional misconduct.