Plastic surgeon jailed for life over attempted murder of fellow doctor

A plastic surgeon who attempted to murder a colleague he “hated” has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 22 years.

Jonathan Peter Brooks, 61, known as Peter, who specialised in treating burn scars, broke into the Nottinghamshire home of Graeme Perks in the middle of the night on 14 January 2021 wearing camouflage gear and doused the floor with petrol with the intention of setting it alight.

After being disturbed by Perks, who was a witness in a disciplinary hearing against him, Brooks stabbed the “highly respected” fellow surgeon in the abdomen.

Brooks was convicted of two counts of attempted murder, one of attempted arson with intent to endanger life and one count of possession of a bladed article, on 7 April after a four-week trial at Leicester crown court, sitting in Loughborough.

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