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UK pediatrician driven from home by vigilantes

Just FYI.

Len Leshin, MD



>Confused vigilantes attack doctor's home
>
>Source: AFP: Wednesday August 30, 1:09 PM
>
>London: Vigilantes in south Wales drove a hospital paediatrician out of
>her home after confusing her job title with the word 'paedophile'.
>
>Vandals daubed the word 'paedo' on the house of Yvette Cloete, a
>specialist registrar in paediatric medicine at the Royal Gwent Hospital,
>police said.
>
>She is now staying with friends and is to bring forward her plans to move
>to a new home as a result of the incident.
>
>'It is really quite staggering that this kind of mistake can happen,' said
>Marie Thorn, an administrator at the Royal Gwent Hospital. 'Some people
>are incredibly ignorant.'
>
>The local police said the vandals' attack on the doctor's home was
>completely without foundation.
>
>'We would stress in the strongest possible terms that there is nothing to
>justify what was written on the walls and doors of Dr Cloete's home,' said
>Inspector Andrew Adams.
>
>'These people should think long and hard about what they have done to a
>valuable member of the community who has devoted her life to helping
>children.'
>
>The Guardian newspaper today quoted a police spokesman as saying the
>attack happened because the vandals had confused the words 'paediatrician'
>and 'paedophile.'
>
>Vigilantes have attacked the homes of suspected child abusers across
>Britain this summer as a wave of anti-paedophile hysteria swept the
>country.
>
>The attacks were triggered by tabloid newspaper the News of the World,
>which defied police advice by publishing lists of convicted child sex
>offenders.
>