Anke Hill has been struck off by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee after being convicted of conspiracy to abduct an eight year old child which she and her five co-conspirators claimed was a victim of satanic abuse. 

Ms Hill and Wilfred Wong snatched the child from their foster carer when they arrived home from school on Anglesey.

Hill wrestled the child from the car and put them in a waiting vehicle while Wong held a knife to the foster carer’s throat before slashing one of the carer’s car tyres to stop them following.

Having made their escape, they then transferred the child into the hands of two other conspirators who had hired a car to take the child abroad. 

The child was rescued four hours later when the hire car was stopped by police on the M1 in Northamptonshire.

A police investigation later concluded that the child had not been the victim of any abuse.

Ms Hill was sentenced at Caernarfon Crown Court to 19 years, 5 months, with a custodial term of 14 years and five months. 

Ms Hill did not attend the RCVS disciplinary hearing as she was serving her prison sentence, and she was not represented.

In relation to the charges, the Committee was presented with the sentencing remarks from Ms Hill’s conviction at Mold Crown Court.

The judge said that Ms Hill had led the conspiracy to kidnap, and that it had caused the victim and the people responsible for their care “unspeakable misery and considerable harm”.

The judge also said that Ms Hill posed a significant risk of causing serious harm in the future.

Dr Hazel Bentall, chairing the Committee and speaking on its behalf, said: “The Committee took into account a number of aggravating features when considering the sanctions.

"In particular, the Committee considered that the conviction arose as a result of careful planning over several months and involved the use of violence.

"The Committee concluded that there were no mitigating factors apart from that Dr Hill had no previous regulatory history and that the only appropriate and proportionate sanction was that Dr Hill’s removal from the Register of veterinary surgeons be maintained.”

Dr Hill has 28 days from being notified of her removal from the Register to lodge an appeal with the Privy Council.

The Committee’s full findings can be viewed at www.rcvs.org.uk/disciplinary

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