Faulty breast implant boss jailed
A court in Marseille has jailed Jean-Claude Mas, the head of a French company which sold 300,000 faulty PIP breast implants, for four years.
Implant patient 'disgusted' over PIP firm boss sentence
In Implant patient said she was disgusted over the four year sentence handed down to Jean-Claude Mas, the boss of a French company which sold 300,000 faulty PIP breast implants.
Leesa Goodway from Wickwar, South Gloucestershire, said: "I think it is disgusting when you think about the number of people that were affected by this.
"You've got the health issues, the mental issues, the financial burden, not just on the people who were forced to pay to have a replacement, like myself, [but also] the financial burden on the companies.
"I just don't think the sentence of four years equates to the distress, and all the heartache that was caused by someone basically profiteering and trying to make money."
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