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53-year-old man charged as fake doctor
Tanesha Mundle
Monday, September 20, 2010
A man who police alleged had been working as a doctor for the past 10 years in the Mountain View area of St Andrew is scheduled to return to the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court on October 26.
The 53-year-old accused, Dolphy Gilpin, who has previously admitted to the court that he was not licensed by the Medical Council of Jamaica, is charged with practising medicine without a licence.
He is also facing two counts of unlawful possession of property and forgery after police reportedly found in his possession 28 copies of general licence application forms on which his signature was affixed.
Last week when the matter came up for mention, Gilpin’s attorney Don Foote told the court that his client was an engineer and not a doctor. He then challenged the prosecution to prove that his client was practising as a doctor.
The prosecution in reply told Resident Magistrate Georgiana Fraser that it was awaiting a written statement from the Medical Council of Jamaica to say that Gilpin was warned to cease his practice, as he was not a legitimate doctor, and that he should not be prescribing medicine for persons internally or externally.
Gilphin was arrested while driving along the Mountain View Avenue on July 20 during a curfew that was imposed in East Kingston under the short-lived Public State of Emergency.
During a search of his car, cops allege, medical equipment was found and further checks conducted at his home reportedly turned up a sphygmomanometer, a stethoscope, syringes, needles and a stash of pharmaceutical items.
Gilpin’s bail was extended and he will return to court on October 26.
Tanesha Mundle
Monday, September 20, 2010
A man who police alleged had been working as a doctor for the past 10 years in the Mountain View area of St Andrew is scheduled to return to the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court on October 26.
The 53-year-old accused, Dolphy Gilpin, who has previously admitted to the court that he was not licensed by the Medical Council of Jamaica, is charged with practising medicine without a licence.
He is also facing two counts of unlawful possession of property and forgery after police reportedly found in his possession 28 copies of general licence application forms on which his signature was affixed.
Last week when the matter came up for mention, Gilpin’s attorney Don Foote told the court that his client was an engineer and not a doctor. He then challenged the prosecution to prove that his client was practising as a doctor.
The prosecution in reply told Resident Magistrate Georgiana Fraser that it was awaiting a written statement from the Medical Council of Jamaica to say that Gilpin was warned to cease his practice, as he was not a legitimate doctor, and that he should not be prescribing medicine for persons internally or externally.
Gilphin was arrested while driving along the Mountain View Avenue on July 20 during a curfew that was imposed in East Kingston under the short-lived Public State of Emergency.
During a search of his car, cops allege, medical equipment was found and further checks conducted at his home reportedly turned up a sphygmomanometer, a stethoscope, syringes, needles and a stash of pharmaceutical items.
Gilpin’s bail was extended and he will return to court on October 26.
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