NOTE FROM Ann Blake-Tracy:
as you read this case. Alsothink of the case mentioned in my book of the Sanford
Professor who bit her mother to death while on Prozac. Biting is known to
be produced by high serotonin levels.
doctors to hold this elderly man down during the attack. There is another drug
that produces that type of super human strength – PCP, the drug I constantly
remind the world that SSRIs most closely mimic in action.
heard Moya suffered from a number of medical conditions, including
anxiety, depression and a personality
disorder.”
After his fit of rage in October 2008, it took three
doctors to hold Moya down, before police arrived to arrest
him.
Mr Justice Davis, giving his judgement on the appeal, said Moya
claimed not to have taken his medication at the time of the
attack and claimed this had contributed to his loss of control.
But the
judge concluded: “This was a serious matter involving quite a lengthy assault on one doctor and an assault on another
doctor.
Elderly man who bit doctor must stay in jail
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A PENSIONER who bit his doctor and punched
him in the face in front of “scared” patients will have to serve a year behind
bars.
Gabriel Moya, 69, flew into a rage at a receptionist at Gossops
Green Surgery, when she handed him a prescription he thought was
incomplete.
Moya, who has had heart surgery in the past, was told to calm
down by a doctor but lashed out, punching him twice in the face and biting him
on the arm as he was pinned to the floor.
The pensioner, of Woldhurstlea
Close, Gossops Green, was jailed after admitting an assault charge at a court
hearing earlier this year, but he appealed his sentence.
However, the
Court of Appeal has now ruled that Moya must serve his 12-month jail
term.
The appeal court heard Moya suffered from a number of medical
conditions, including anxiety, depression and a personality
disorder.
After his fit of rage in October 2008, it took three doctors to
hold Moya down, before police arrived to arrest him.
Mr Justice Davis,
giving his judgement on the appeal, said Moya claimed not to have taken his
medication at the time of the attack and claimed this had contributed to his
loss of control.
But the judge concluded: “This was a serious matter
involving quite a lengthy assault on one doctor and an assault on another
doctor.
“The first doctor was bitten as well as punched. Those in the
waiting room were scared.
“Doctors and medical staff need to be protected
from unwarranted attacks of this kind.
“We are not persuaded that it can
be said that this sentence was excessive.”
Moya pleaded guilty to assault
occasioning actual bodily harm and common assault at Lewes Crown Court in April,
where he was handed a 12-month jail term.
The appeal hearing took place
on Monday.
