The latest in the plethora of controversial and angst-causing incidents of law and order concerning Indians in Australia, now somewhat abated, is the one concerning a top Sydney neurosurgeon of desi origin who partied with three escorts amid lines of cocaine in his luxury apartment while another prostitute lay dead in his bedroom

Sydney doc 'partied as escort lay dead'

A court was told last week that then instead of going to work at Sydney's Nepean Hospital, where he was expected in the operating theatre, Suresh Surendranath Nair rented a penthouse suite in The Rocks area and took the three escorts with him, leaving the body of Suellen Domingues Zaupa (22), behind.

One of the prostitutes, who uses the working name Catty, is expected to be a major witness against the doctor.

The details emerged in the Supreme Court where Nair (41) applied for bail on a charge of murdering Zaupa, a student from Brazil, last November and manslaughter of another escort, Victoria McIntyre, seven months
earlier.

Both women were found in his apartment and police have said post-mortem examination results indicate they died of cocaine toxicity.


Appeal: Suresh Surendranath Nair, a neurosurgeon of Indian orgin applied for bail on a charge of murdering Suellenu00a0 Zaupa (left), a prostitute. Source/Daily Telegraph

Nair's compulsion

Justice Roderick Howie said Nair had a compulsion for prostitutes and must have realised he was morally, if not legally, responsible for their deaths.

"This is a very longstanding compulsion he had, that he can carry on this way notwithstanding people dying," the judge said. "Extraordinary."

The last time he was released on bail, in January, Nair was rearrested days later with two escorts and cocaine in breach of his bail conditions.

However, Justice Howie questioned if there was evidence to sustain the charges of murder and manslaughter by supplying drugs.

Nair's counsel Peter Hamill SC told the court that Nair had gone from being a respected and eminent surgeon to doing cold turkey in jail, where he had been brutally assaulted.

He said Catty had given police conflicting stories, also describing Nair as "very gentle and kind".

Justice Howie refused bail but adjourned the case to June 3 to determine the strength of the Crown case.
Nair has not entered a plea but his lawyer said he would fight the charges.

Source: The Daily Telegraph

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