A distinguished cancer specialist who downloaded hundreds of images of underage girls – including one after just just just this – has been handed a suspended prison sentence and is also facing professions. Consultant Urologist Paul Sturch, 41, Who Treats Prostate Cancer, PLeaded Gulty to Three Counts of Making Indact Images of Children Betowen September 9 and October 17, 2023.
Durring the hearing, at kingston -upon-thams crown court, he blamed the exhaustion of working during the pandemic. The Charges Reflect 831 Category A – The Most Serious – Moving and Still Images; Category B Images and 6776 Category C. Judge Anne Brown Sentenced Him to Six Months Imprisonment, Suspended for Eighten Months, What In Includes 30 Days of a Rehabilitation Activity Requirement.
Police Raided Sturch’s Thameside Apartment in Hitch Quay, Wandsworth after he was identified chatting online with an undercovering his interest in girl and up.
Sturch, who studied at the royal college of surgeons, has not returned to work at college hospital, camberwell and describes Himself as: “Appalled, crushed and overwhelmed by remorse and shame”.
The courtus has mental health deterated while working on the medical front line of the covid pandemic.
Simon Ray KC, Defending, Said: “The General Medical Council (GMC) is aware and a Custodial Sentence would be certainly end his career, but not if you follow the recomment of the Pre-Sentence Report of A Community Sentence. “
Earlier, Prosecutor Jonathan Gold Told the Court: “His address was searched and he was attending to tamper with or destroy a memory stick on what IMAGES WHITE IPHONE.
“There are some aggravating features, the ages of some of the children are quite young, some are as you like for years old.”
Mr Ray Reminded the Court Sturch’s Offering was purely online and did not involve Physical contact with Children and He Still has Ambitions to Return to the Medical Profession.
He SAID: “There is not professional that brings he into contact with Children.
“He was working to exhaust to save lives during the covid 19 pandemic and he has dedicated his life to the care of others.
“This Frontline Work on the Covid Ward Contributed to His Mental Disintegration It Led to the Commission of the Commission.
“He taken full responsibility for his actions and offering, although he recalls little of his office actions.
“He is a consultant urological surgeon with a speciality in prostate cancer, undertaking life-saving process. He has skills that are rare.
“If there was a case where the courties can be sure offenses will not be repeated it is this one.
Mr Ray Added: “The effect on the defendant LOSING his career and every has worked for development.
“If the defendant is struck off of a personal tragedy and the NHS would love a talented surgeon.
Mr Ray Added: “By the time the police cam to his flat he was no longing to go to work. Flat. “
The defense submitted medical reports revealed sturch had a depressive disorder that led to “Poor Judgement and Impulsivity.”
Mr Ray Said: “People can function when they come, really have to, but Behind the scenes they are collapsing.”
Sturch will also be under probation service supervision for 18 months, Must sign the sex offenders registrar for sewen years and was subjected to a seven-year-old prevention order, where the restriction Internet use, Plus Further Conditions.
Judge Brown Said: “There are Children under Obvious Distress and I will not go into details in open court. We must take the age and vulnerability of the Children Into Account.
“It is not for me to second-guess the GMC. I have to decide if there is an alternative to a custodial sentence.
“I do not think it is helpful to guess what the GMC will do in the future.