Just Stop Oil doctor suspended for five months – BBC News

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1. Doctor gets convicted of a crime, gets suspended for it, like any other professional would.

2. Her arms are going to be insanely sore. I hope they’re going to do it with soft ropes or something.

   Also, where is this going to be done? Maybe over the Thames like that evil conjurer.

3. Basically, as a doctor we (the patients) expect her not to break the law. This is fair.

   Here, this may help…

   [https://www.gmc-uk.org/news/news-archive/statement-following-the-outcome-of-dr-sarah-benn-tribunal](https://www.gmc-uk.org/news/news-archive/statement-following-the-outcome-of-dr-sarah-benn-tribunal)

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   ‘Dr Sarah Benn was referred to a hearing at the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service not for protesting about climate change, but for multiple breaches of a court order which resulted in a custodial sentence.

   and

   >‘However, patients and the public rightly have a high degree of trust in doctors and that trust can be eroded if doctors repeatedly fail to comply with the law. 

4. The amount of people who don’t realise causing public inconvenience is the point of protesting shows the failure of our education system.

   You aren’t supposed to be able to ignore a protest. You guys sound like you’d love the CCP.

5. I mean, she only broke the law in a specific and limited way. I thought we were cool with that nowadays?

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7. If a judge thinks you are being disrespectful to the system, then expect jail time.