Pathologist Freddy Patel's suspension extended by GMC

Pathologist Dr Freddy Patel's suspension from the UK medical register, in part for a botched postmortem that delayed a 2002 murder investigation , has been extended pending a new disciplinary inquiry. Patel was the pathologist who conducted the initial postmortem on newspaper seller Ian Tomlinson, who died during the G20 protests in London in April 2009. The profession's regulatory body, the General Medical Council (GMC), was not able to confirm whether this was the subject of an allegation that might lead to Patel's latest appearance before a fitness-to-practise panel. Patel was suspended in March this year for at least four months for "irresponsible" reports on a postmortem in 2002, which delayed a murder investigation, as well as dishonesty and failing to redress previous shortcomings.