INDIAN-born surgeon Jayant Patel, dubbed “Dr.Death” was flown back to Australia Monday to face trial on charges including manslaughter. But he succeeded in obtaining bail in his first court appearance itself. It could take up to a year for the trial to commence.
Dr Patel, a US citizen now, arrived in Brisbane on a Qantas flight from Los Angeles accompanied by two Queensland police officers, having been in custody in his home city of Portland, Oregon, since March.
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Magistrate Brian Hine agreed to grant bail to Dr Patel, after considering a request by his legal team.
The magistrate ordered Dr Patel provide a $20,000 cash surety.
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Queensland Director of Public Prosecutions Tony Moynihan had opposed bail, arguing Dr Patel's voluntary return to Queensland only demonstrated a recognition that extradition was inevitable.
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Besides the committal hearing was "highly unlikely'' to proceed this year because the brief consisted of more than 100 volumes of material, he said.
He also told the court that a trial would be unlikely to take place before the second half of next year.
Dr Patel's wife intended to travel to Australia in the near future to be with her husband, it is expected.
The arrival of Qantas flight 176 in Brisbane Monday morning heralded the start of one of Queensland's highest profile court cases in recent times.
Patel’s case is probably the worst medical-negligence scandal in this country. He allegedly falsified his application to practise medicine in Australia and then falsified death certificates and refused patients’ transfers to other hospitals to cover up “botched treatment and surgery”.
Welcoming Patel’s return to Queensland, Federal Home Affairs Minister Bob Debus told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) that it shows the importance of international cooperation in making sure people cannot evade justice by crossing borders.
The families of former patients of Patel have heaved a sigh of relief over his extradition.
“Obviously the fact that he has arrived back here has been a huge weight lifted. We always kept the faith. We always knew it was going to happen. We never wavered in that faith even through all of the hiccups we have had, so we’ve always been very positive that that would be the end result,” Bundaberg Hospital Patients Support Group spokeswoman Beryl Crosby told AAP.
But Queensland Premier Anna Bligh cautioned, “I think people would understand that there are very serious charges, there will be many times when this matter will come before the courts before we see a formal committal hearing and beyond that a full trial,”
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