Malaysian surgeon jailed over deaths of 2 prostitutes

SYDNEY: A drug-addicted neurosurgeon was sentenced yesterday to almost eight years in prison after two prostitutes died of overdoses during sex and cocaine binges nine months apart in his exclusive apartment here.
Suresh Surendranath Nair, 43, who remains a Malaysian citizen despite living in Australia since he was 11, was initially charged with the murder of Suellen Domingues-Zaupa, 22, and manslaughter of Victoria McIntyre, 23, because of his failure to call ambulances for the prostitutes as they lay dying.

But prosecutors accepted a plea bargain in which Suresh pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Domingues-Zaupa, a Brazilian national, at his apartment in the harbourside suburb of Elizabeth Bay in November 2009. He also pleaded guilty to supplying cocaine to McIntyre, who died in the same apartment in February 2009.

Suresh also pleaded guilty to supplying cocaine in January last year, when he broke his bail conditions by being found with the drug in the company of two prostitutes.
In sentencing, New South Wales state district court judge Robert Toner told Suresh that he was grossly negligent for not calling an ambulance when Domingues-Zaupa was having convulsions because of her voluntary cocaine use during a sex session.

Toner said Suresh had ingested a large amount of the drug, diminishing his capacity to render assistance to her.

But he said drug addiction did not explain Suresh's behaviour, leading to his conclusion that the neurosurgeon was "driven by self-indulgence".

Suresh told a sentencing hearing last month that he knew his drug and sex addictions were out of control when the first prostitute died.

"I made a big mistake and the whole thing snowballed completely out of control."

Toner sentenced Suresh to seven years and 10 months' in prison.

Suresh, who was held in jail since his arrest in January last year, will be eligible for parole in April 2015.

He was suspended by the state medical board after admitting to his crimes and is awaiting deregistration. -- AP


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Such a disgrace!!!! NEURO SURGEON somemore!!! He should get the death sentence for the 2 lives he caused...Instead he will be out in 2015 to engage in more drug induced stupor stupified sessions involving young girls (22 yr old women...so what if they were prostitutes....anyone who is a mother of 20 above daughters will empathise with me).