Overview

• Neil Hopper is accused of amputating his own legs in 2019 and falsely attributing the injuries to septicemia to claim £466,000 from two insurers
• Devon and Cornwall Police charged him with three offences following a two-and-a-half-year investigation into insurance fraud and encouragement of grievous bodily harm
• Prosecutors allege he purchased mutilation videos and urged Marius Gustavson to amputate body parts from others between August 2018 and December 2020
• Hopper has been held in custody since his July court appearance and will return to Truro Crown Court on August 26
• Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust says the allegations do not involve patient care and notes he was suspended from the medical register in December 2023