A plastic surgeon who is serving a life sentence for attempting to murder a colleague and burn down his home has been struck off the UK medical register.Jonathan Peter Brooks was convicted of attempted murder and arson with intent to endanger life last April.Leicester Crown Court, sitting at Loughborough, heard that Brooks hated Graeme Perks, who had recently retired as head of plastic surgery at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and was a witness against Brooks in disciplinary proceedings.Brooks went to Perks’ house in the early hours of the morning of 14 January 2021, a few days into the disciplinary hearing.Brooks, dressed in camouflage and equipped with petrol cans, a knife, and a crowbar, broke in through the conservatory and doused the foot of the staircase in petrol.Perks was woken by the sound of smashing glass and came downstairs and interrupted Brooks before he could start the fire, but was…
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