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. >