A former Las Vegas endoscopy clinic owner was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 18 years, following his criminal convictions in a 2007 hepatitis C outbreak believed to be one of the largest in the U.S.
Clark County District Court Judge Valerie Adair sentenced Dipak Desai (DEE'-pahk deh-SEYE'), 63, on Thursday. The former state medical board member was found guilty in July of 27 criminal charges, including second-degree murder, in a viral outbreak that officials traced to his clinics.
Desai was convicted in the death of 77-year-old Rodolfo Meana in April 2012, and authorities have since reported the death of a second infected person in the case.
Lawyer Ed Bernstein said his 73-year-old client, Michael Washington, died Aug. 23 in Dallas of complications from the incurable liver disease. Prosecutors haven't decided whether to press additional murder charges
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Clark County District Court Judge Valerie Adair sentenced Dipak Desai (DEE'-pahk deh-SEYE'), 63, on Thursday. The former state medical board member was found guilty in July of 27 criminal charges, including second-degree murder, in a viral outbreak that officials traced to his clinics.
Desai was convicted in the death of 77-year-old Rodolfo Meana in April 2012, and authorities have since reported the death of a second infected person in the case.
Lawyer Ed Bernstein said his 73-year-old client, Michael Washington, died Aug. 23 in Dallas of complications from the incurable liver disease. Prosecutors haven't decided whether to press additional murder charges
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