Ho Keun Shin: Breast surgeon who secretly filmed more than ten women during their examinations AVOID jail after one of his patients noticed a suspicious tissue box containing a spy camera
- Breast Surgeon Who Registered Patients Avoids Jail
- Received a three-year good behavior bond
A breast surgeon who filmed 11 women during examinations has been spared an immediate prison sentence after his lawyer argued he did so out of ‘concern’.
Ho Keun Shin, who works under the name Dr. Peter Shin at the Flinders Medical Center in Adelaide and the Breast and Endocrine Center in Toorak Gardens, pleaded guilty to 12 counts of indecently filming 11 of his adult female patients between October 2019 and August 2021.
The Adelaide Magistrates Court heard the 47-year-old’s creepy behavior was only discovered when a patient noticed a hidden camera in a tissue box during her examination.
His medical license has been suspended and a 20-month suspended prison sentence has been imposed on a three-year good behavior bond.
Former breast surgeon Ho Keun Shin (pictured) has avoided jail time after pleading guilty to 12 counts of indecently filming 11 of his adult female patients over a two-year period
Magistrate Kym Millard described Shin’s actions as a “very, very disrespectful use” of his victims’ circumstances.
Magistrate Millard said each of his victims’ trust in doctors had been betrayed by Shin.
He said the doctor’s actions were “extremely distressing” to his victims, all of whom placed their trust in him for medical treatments for breast conditions.
A common theme in the victim impact statements was the “absolute shock and horror the victims felt when they were informed,” Magistrate Millard said, according to The advertiser.
“Understandably, many of them said they would never trust a male doctor again. That’s just a shocking indictment of the extent of the damage you’ve caused,” Magistrate Millard said at sentencing.
Shin, known both publicly and privately under the name Dr. Peter Shin in Adelaide, was given a 20-month suspended sentence, subject to a three-year good behavior bail.
After his arrest in 2021, Shin told police he had no valid excuse for his actions.
“It’s hard to explain the exact motivation, but it was, yes, I would call it a voyeurism,” he told police.
Mr Millard had been told that Shin had requested permission to admit patients for educational purposes in the past.
Shin’s attorney, Craig Caldicott, said his client’s actions stemmed from concern for his patients.
“The explanation he can give the victims is that he was extremely concerned about what he observed during some of the investigations,” Caldicott said outside the courtroom.
He said Shin was “incredibly sorry” for his actions, yet was relieved that his care had been completed.