Overview

• Hopper faces two counts of fraud by false representation after claiming insurers that his leg injuries were caused by sepsis to obtain £235,622 from Arriva Group and £231,031 from Old Mutual
• A third charge accuses him of encouraging or assisting grievous bodily harm by purchasing limb-removal videos from The EunuchMaker website and allegedly urging Marius Gustavson to amputate body parts of others
• The alleged offences span from 21 August 2018 to 4 December 2020 for the encouragement count and from 3 June to 26 June 2019 for the insurance fraud charges
• Remanded in custody at Bodmin Magistrates’ Court on 23 July, the 49-year-old surgeon will next appear at Truro Crown Court on 26 August
• l CornCornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, where he worked from 2013 until his suspension in March 2023, has stated that the charges do not implicate his professional conduct or patient safety