Jailed for 1933 years

A Spanish anaesthetist with hepatitis C has been sentenced to nearly 2,000 years in prison for infecting hundreds of patients with the virus.

Juan Maeso, 65, infected 275 people between 1988 and 1997, by injecting himself with a morphine syringe before using the rest on a patient.

Valencia's Provincial Court sentenced Mr Maeso, who is a morphine addict, to 1,933 years in jail.

However the most he can serve under Spanish law is 20 years.

- Spanish Hep C anaesthetist jailed