A bogus psychiatrist who practised in thefor 22 years with a fake degree has been jailed, as a judge criticised medical authorities for an “abject failure of scrutiny”.
Sentencing her on Tuesday, Judge Hilary Manley said the offences “strike so very deeply at the heart of healthcare provisions in this country”. Manley called for the GMC to conduct a “thorough, open, transparent” inquiry into how the defendant was able to submit “such clearly false documents” and why it took a journalist rather than a professional governing body to uncover the truth.
Alemi was convicted in 2018 for three fraud offences and a count of theft after trying to forge the will and powers of attorney of an elderly patient.