Child porn dental lab technician struck off
A Shropshire dental technician, who was reported to police by his wife after she found child pornography on the family computer, is to be struck off the dental register. A Shropshire dental technician, who was reported to police by his wife after she found child pornography on the family computer, is to be struck off the dental register. John Stuart Martin was called before the General Dental Council after magistrates in Shrewsbury convicted him on five counts of making indecent images of a child this year. Now the GDC said its only option was to strike Martin off the dental register to "protect patients and address the public interest". Martin, a dental laboratory technician registered at Southwold, in Holyhead Road, Bicton, Shrewsbury, was given 28 days to appeal. Read the full story in today's Shropshire Star
John Stuart Martin was called before the General Dental Council after magistrates in Shrewsbury convicted him on five counts of making indecent images of a child this year.
Now the GDC said its only option was to strike Martin off the dental register to "protect patients and address the public interest".
Martin, a dental laboratory technician registered at Southwold, in Holyhead Road, Bicton, Shrewsbury, was given 28 days to appeal.
The council had heard that Martin, who had worked as a dental technician since qualifying in 1977, had begged for his wife's forgiveness and attempted to wipe the images off the computer at his Shrewsbury home.
But he ended up in court after detectives discovered more than 200 pictures of children as young as five at his home, the GDC was told at a previous hearing.
Martin was given a three-year supervision order and placed on the sex offenders' register for five years.
Dr Nigel Clark, of the Aurora CBA Dental Laboratory in Shrewsbury, told the hearing Martin should not be struck off as he had little contact with patients and described him as "widely respected".
But in a summary of its findings the GDC's conduct and competence committee said: "You should be in no doubt of the gravity of the offences of which you have been convicted, and the fact that your actions could not fail to cause grave concern to members of the public and seriously harm the reputation of the profession."
