SYDNEY: The Court of Criminal Appeal has heard former gynaecologist Graeme Stephen REEVES, who mutilated a woman’s genitals, should not go back to jail because of his poor health.
Graeme REEVES was released on parole in 2013 after serving part of his two-and-a-half-year jail sentence for removing a patient’s clitoris without her consent during an operation to take out a pre-cancerous lesion.
He was found guilty in 2011 of maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm on Carolyn DeWaegeneire at Bega on the New South Wales south coast.
In December last year, the High Court overturned a decision to increase his jail time by 18 months because of his deteriorating health.
It sent the case back to the Court Of Criminal Appeal to reconsider the sentence.
His lawyer has told the Court of Criminal Appeal that REEVES needs to be on dialysis and cannot get the proper treatment he needs in jail. The court has reserved its decision until a later date.
REEVES sat in court just metres away from Mrs DeWaegeneire.
Outside court she said she hoped his sentence was increased.
“The legal system is geared towards the perpetrators,” she said.
Commenting on reports that more than 60 other charges were dropped against Reeves last year due to insufficient evidence, she said: “It’s appalling… it’s a slap in the face for police who investigated him.”
Lorraine LONG, an advocate for REEVES’ patients, said many of the women who complained about him have had trouble getting legal representation.
“But he has had a dream run with Legal Aid”, she said.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-23/graeme-reeves/5473612
Former gynaecologist Graeme Reeves needs dialysis, too sick to return to jail, appeal court told
By court reporter Jamelle Wells
ABC Radio Updated Sat 24 May 2014, 06:25am AEST
MEAG COMMENT: Butcher Reeves’ health a higher priority than the victims he butchered! He’s got ‘the system’ attending to his every whim, whereas his victims fought for years to be heard and to this day have still not listened to. Shame New South Wales, shame.