A senior doctor at a private hospital has been convicted of killing a patient.
Surgeon David Sellu, 66, was found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter over the death of father of six James Hughes, following a trial at the Old Bailey.
Mr Hughes, 66, died at the Clementine Churchill Hospital in Harrow, north-west London, on February 14, 2010.
Sellu, of Hillingdon, west London, was found not guilty of perjury after he was accused of lying to the victim’s inquest under oath.
James Hughes (right) was in excruciating pain, the Old Bailey heard.
Although Dr David Sellu (left) knew his patient had a perforated bowel,
he failed to operate for 40 hours. Mr Hughes later died
Mr Hughes suffered an unexplained tear to his bowel after a routine knee operation at the privately-run Churchill Clementine Hospital in Harrow, northwest London.
Sellu ignored concerns that Mr Hughes was in excruciating pain and failed to operate for at least 24 hours.
Mr Hughes’ suffered blood poisoning as a result of the ‘exceptionally bad care’ and died of a heart attack on February 14, 2010.
Sellu was convicted after a month-long trial at the Old Bailey. Following the verdict, prosecutor Bobbie Cheema QC read an impact statement from Mr Hughes’ wife Ann about the effect on her family.
