After carrying out a botched penis enlargement procedure on a patient who had been suffering for months, a guy who was passing himself off as a cosmetic surgeon was sentenced to five years in prison. Read full article
In what was intended to be a "girth-enhancing procedure," fake doctor Torben K. 46, a catering employee from Solingen, Germany, had injected the patient's manhood and scrotum with silicone oil.
He was sentenced to prison on August 28 by Wuppertal District Court judges after being found guilty of inflicting death by severe bodily damage.
Seven months after the rigorous procedure, in July 2019, the 32-year-old victim—who was not given a name in court—passed away from sepsis.
The fake doctor, whose services included penis enlargement, was revealed to the court to have no medical training.
The victim's 29-year-old sister claims that before Torben K. persuaded him to proceed, her brother expressed reservations about the treatment.
But as soon as the sufferer got home from the treatment, he started suffering respiratory issues instead of getting a bigger member.
Despite visiting many hospitals, he passed away from liver and kidney failure as well as blood poisoning.
Prior to his passing in February 2020, according to the prosecution, he suffered for months in a specialised intensive care unit.
Investigations revealed that the restaurant employee had also administered the same lethal shots to a second guy in March of this year.
Torben K., however, refused to specify the kind of silicone oil used in the processes when questioned.
'Unfortunately, the silicone oil got up in the person's bloodstream,' High State Prosecutor Wolf-Tilman Baumert told the local media.
This caused serious health issues that ultimately resulted in his death.
Torben K. asserted in court that he had only carried out the patient's request.
Baumert, however, argued that it was irrelevant from our perspective that the individual had requested the therapy. The defendant engaged in extremely immoral behaviour.
The judgement is not yet enforceable in court.
Despite the hazards, liquid silicone injections for genital enlargement have been popular for many years.
They function by inducing the body's immune system to respond to the foreign substance by producing a dense mass known as a granuloma.
In principle, this enhances the size and thickness of the tissue injected, giving men the larger genitalia they desire.
However, because of the significant hazards involved, this cosmetic treatment is prohibited in the UK.
A disorder known as siliconoma is one of the main hazards.
Here, after the injection, the silicone causes a significant inflammatory reaction in the tissues that necessitates removal.
The only option is typically surgery to remove the silicone, but the damage may often be irreversible.