A self-styled doctor, who was on bail for a botched procedure on a child when he circumcised seven boys, has appealed against his jail sentence.
Philip Ogbewe has argued he was not given sufficient credit for “seeing the light” and recognising the wrongfulness of his actions.
He referred to himself as ‘Dr Philip’ when he performed circumcisions on six infants and a five-year-old boy at locations in Dublin, Kildare and Wexford in 2018 and 2019.
Ogbewe (61), of Greenlanes, Drogheda, Co Louth, admitted seven counts of endangerment and seven of assault causing harm in relation to each child on whom he performed the procedure between January 1st, 2018, and October 23rd, 2019.
He had previously been arrested in Novem
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