Surgeon Ian Paterson

Ian Paterson said he was an ‘advocate’ for Christine Baker, who died in 2015 after putting her trust in his advice to have a ‘skin-sparing” mastectomy.

Schoolteacher Christine Baker and her husband were not made aware that reconstructive surgery carried a higher risk, an inquest was told.

The botched breast surgeon, 62, is currently serving 20 years for his 14-year campaign of botched operations he carried out in the West Midlands.