Paul Ozin, for the GMC, said Dr Scott told the patient Christianity might help him overcome personal problems.

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Mr Scott argued that evidence showed that detectives always suspected Gilroy of committing a crime - Mr Scott said that they should have told him he was a suspect and cautioned him that he didn't have to answer their questions.

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Defence barrister George Hepburne Scott raised the psychiatrist's use of the word "fantasy" to describe what Mr Railton told him.

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