Mrs West later told how she felt lucky to be alive after the blunder.
The GMC heard that the condition she suffered from, Sub-arachnoid haemorrhage, kills 50 per cent of the people who have it.
A lorry driver, who caused major motorway disruption when he ploughed into a car, denied killing a woman motorist in the horror crash at the Old Bailey today.(Thurs)
Michael Brown, 24, was driving
'Large and successful' demolition experts Keltbray Ltd was today (Tues) fined pnds stlng 200,000 after two workers fell eight floors to their deaths while clearing a site in the City of London.
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He murdered his family out of spite when his wife refused to help him with his visa 
ANTHONY HARDY: THE SATANIC RITES OF THE CAMDEN RIPPER 
Terry Adams: THE LAST BRITISH GANGSTER AND THE ‘GOODFELLAS’ TAPES 
‘Love Bug’ killer who eavesdropped on his housemate and her boyfriend gets 25 years 
Killers get 64 years for funeral shooting A footballer who broke a man's nose during a match was spared jail after a judge said his year-long ban from the game he loves was punishment enough.
Darren Beech, 26, lost his temper after a rough t
A Huddersfield solicitor quizzed over the disappearance of a pnds stlg 400,000 legacy from Lincoln Cathedral, was struck off for professional misconduct by the Law Society today. (Tues)
Dennis O'D
PAUL LOVELL: THE MAN WHO TRIED TO HAVE ORAL SEX WITH A COW 
Judge grants homeless killer’s wish by giving him a life sentence 
Lawyer who did Ku Klux Klan impersonation with a white envelope on his head is ordered to take diversity classes 
The bandit who tried to rob bookies with a tin of pilchards A Camberwell man accused of killing his girlfriend by forcing her off a stairway appeared at the Old Bailey today (TUES).
Robert Mercer, 38, denied the manslaughter of Bridget O'Docherty on Decembe
A pensioner was tortured to death and then set alight in his own home in a 'calculated' killing, a jury at the Old Bailey heard today. (TUES)
Neighbour Christopher Malone, 25, stabbed and throttled
A vengeful knifeman who stabbed a dad in his own home in a terrifying tit-for-tat attack was jailed for four years at the Old Bailey today. (Mon)
Gary Burlton stormed round to Andrew Harris's home
A surgeon faces being thrown out of the medical profession today (Fri) after he was found guilty of appalling errors in three operations.
Nalini Senchaudhuri left one woman walking with sticks afte
Savagery of Zara Aleena killer is ‘impossible to believe’ as he is jailed for 38 years 
The ‘Lottery Killer’ who murdered two sisters in a demonic deal to win the jackpot 
Deveca Rose gets ten years for leaving her four sons to die in a house fire 
JEFFREY ARCHER: SHEPHERDS PIE AND MAYFAIR TARTS 
Finally! Drug dealing barrister Henry Hendron thrown out of the profession Dr Urquhart continued to deny he had failed to properly diagnose some patients with suspicious symptoms by not carrying out the 'definitive test.'
He said he did not routinely do the fine needle as
Killers of innocent man caught up in gang war get more than 100 years Deveca Rose gets ten years for leaving her four sons to die in a house fire 
Max Clifford: The PR Guru With a Tiny Penis 
‘I’m the Patsy!’ Pat Adams claims he shot associate to prevent a hit 
He chopped his mum’s head off, put her finger in the kettle and blamed his dad 
