Shamed dentist died while serving jail sentence

  A disgraced dentist who invented thousands of patients to con the NHS out of nearly £800,000 died while nearing the end of his three year jail sentence, an inquest heard. Jayantilal Mistry, 68, was known to have acute health problems and suffered a fall at HMP Thameside in southeast London. Mistry died at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich, on 20 November 2016 after he suffered a stroke, Southwark Coroner’s Court heard. The crooked dentist had claimed payments totalling £780,000 for…