Former Team Sky and British Cycling medic, Richard Freeman, has been struck off as a doctor in Britain following the ruling against him that he ordered Testogel sachets knowing or believing they would be used for performance enhancement.
That verdict was handed down last week after a protracted
General Medical Council hearing, though Freeman has insisted he was never
involved in doping. Ineos Grenadiers, formerly Team Sky, also said it did not
believe any rider doped or tried to dope.
After the verdict, Freeman faced a decision about his
continued fitness to practice as a doctor; that decision coming today when he
was struck off.
It will come as a major blow to him and to Ineos
Grenadiers and British Cycling; their former doctor having been convicted of
ordering banned products to their premises in Manchester in 2011 and now having
been struck off.
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Freeman had recently been working as a doctor on the
roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine in Britain for the NHS.
A Medical Practitioners Tribunal on Thursday found
Freeman’s fitness to practice was impaired and on Friday it struck him off.
“In all the circumstances, the tribunal determined that
Freeman’s actions would be considered as deplorable by members of the public
and fellow practitioners,” the tribunal said.
“The tribunal considered that Freeman’s conduct
surrounding the order of the Testogel amounted to a long and considered pattern
of very serious dishonesty.”
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