Dr. Death receives jail sentence

A French court on Monday sentenced a cosmetic surgeon to four years in prison for mutilating and endangering the lives of dozens of his patients.  Michel Maure, who claimed to be one of the world's best plastic surgeons, was arrested in Spain last month after going missing while awaiting the verdict of his trial in the southern French city of Marseille.

During his trial the court heard that he had carried out dozens of operations, including breast enhancements and liposuction in a dirty, run down clinic in Marseille.

He left his victims physically and psychologically scarred with failed breast implants, liposuction, facelifts and nose remodelling. He failed to administer enough local anaesthetic, inflicting severe agony on his patients, said prosecutors.

The remodelled breast of one woman slid to her armpit overnight, the court was told, while another found her shoes filling with blood as she drove home after a terrifying midriff liposuction.