Psychiatrist has 'lenient' sentence for rapes extended

Three judges in London agreed with submissions made on behalf of the Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith QC, that the term imposed on 60-year-old psychiatrist Christopher Allison in December was "unduly lenient." The eight-year jail sentence given to the psychiatrist who raped and sexually assaulted vulnerable women patients has been increased by two years by the Court of Appeal.

Allison's name was removed from the medical register in August 2000 and he will never be able to practise again.