Paedophile who attacked 11-year-old girl gets Viagra on the NHS – despite previous convictions
Child safety campaigners have reacted with horror after it emerged that a convicted paedophile pensioner is still being prescribed Viagra on the NHS.Serial paedophile Roger Martin, 71, is still receiving the libido-enhancing drug despite a long history of abuse resulting in his latest sex attack on an 11-year-old girl.
The sickening revelation came to light as Martin was sentenced at Peterborough Crown Court for the attack in December 2008.
Widower Martin, who has a history of sex offending dating back more than 30 years, was ‘reluctantly’ spared jail because of his age and ill-health.
But Judge Nicholas Coleman highlighted Martin’s continuing use of the drug as a matter of public interest and revealed there is nothing the authorities can do to stop him.
Probation officers cannot force the paedophile to stop taking Viagra if his doctor, who is reliant on the patient volunteering information about his past, continues to prescribe it.
