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Professional Conduct: Although the seriousness of a criminal offence measured by the sentence imposed was not necessarily a reliable guide to its gravity in terms of maintaining public confidence in a particular profession, the particular offences of possession of indecent photographs of children were so serious whatever the profession the Professional Conduct Committee was entitled to regard them as being of grave concern in terms of damaging public confidence. The Professional Conduct Committee had to consider the possibility of reoffending in the particular professional context and given the very close relationship between an osteopath and his patient the committee was entitled to conclude that even a low risk of reoffending was not an acceptable risk. The removal from the register was a proportionate sanction.
