Plastic surgeon sentenced to life for attempted murder of colleague

09 June 2025 , 17:37

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Plastic surgeon sentenced to life for attempted murder of colleague

Peter Brooks, 61, poured petrol on the floor of Graeme Perks’s Nottinghamshire home before stabbing him in the abdomen

A plastic surgeon who attempted to murder a colleague he “hated” has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 22 years.

Jonathan Peter Brooks, 61, known as Peter, who specialized in treating burn scars, broke into the Nottinghamshire home of Graeme Perks in the middle of the night on 14 January 2021 wearing camouflage gear and poured petrol on the floor with the intention of igniting it. 

After being confronted by Perks, who was a witness in a disciplinary hearing against him, Brooks stabbed the “highly respected” fellow surgeon in the abdomen.

Brooks was found guilty of two counts of attempted murder, one of attempted arson with intent to endanger life, and one count of possession of a bladed article, on 7 April following a four-week trial at Leicester Crown Court, sitting in Loughborough.

Sophie Walker