With an indication of the violence to come, Hardy freezes a bottle of water and clubs his wife around the head with it while she sleeps. Of course, the man who became known as the Camden Ripper shoulders the responsibility. In January 2002, police were called to the block of flats where Hardy lived by a neighbour complaining that someone had vandalised her front door and that she strongly suspected Hardy. Dec 2002 The dismembered body parts of Bridgette MacClennan and Elizabeth Valad are discovered, Dec 2002 Police find Elizabeth Valads torso in Hardys London flat, Jan 2003 Police arrest Hardy at Great Ormond Street hospital in London, Nov 2003 Hardys trial begins. Photograph: Fiona Hanson/PA, suspended from the register for three months last September. Published: 22 July, 2010 It has taken nine years and other high-profile cases, notably the death of newspaper seller Ian Tomlinson at the G20 protests, which Dr Patel worked on, for the General Medical Council to reach this stage in its investigation into Dr Patels conclusions. Presumably, the police officers, the coroner of the day, the mental health services and even the council, as his landlord aware of Hardys low-level nuisance behaviour on the estate, would have been called to give evidence in an open forum. A lot of mistakes were made.. When an application for a public inquiry reached the Royal Courts of Justice in 2005, brought in the name of Liz Valads daughter, Soraya, Mr Justice Bennett ruled that the government had met its obligations by holding the health authoritys independent review into the mental healthcare received by Hardy. General Medical Council says pathologist, later criticised for his postmortem of newspaper seller Ian Tomlinson, acted irresponsibly when examining first victim of 'Camden Ripper', Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, Dr Freddy Patel, who carried out the first, crucial examination of Ian Tomlinson, concluded that he died of a heart attack. [4], After the divorce, Hardy spent time in mental hospitals, diagnosed with bipolar disorder. and although they took the very rare step of requesting a second autopsy be conducted, Dr Freddy Patel returned with the same conclusion - "heart failure". Last year. He spent 13 months in custody and endured more than a decade of speculation that he was guilty. [CDATA[// >