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Many of you will remember the case at Falkirk Sheriff Court a couple of years ago, featuring a wee dosser posing as 'Dr Kildare' at the Infirmary, in order that he could do a bit of illicit 'massage' on a patient. At his trial he claimed to have picked up 'a fair bit' of medical expertise by watching Casualty and Holby City. It seems that he may have moved to Florida - this is from the Miami Herald:- Phony doctor arrested after fake breast exams By Miami Herald staff (Editorial note - in isolation, this headline would itself qualify as a Private Eye cutting) Broward Sheriff's Office deputies arrested a 76-year-old man Thursday who they say was going door-to-door in a Lauderdale Lakes neighborhood offering free breast exams. Two women accepted the exams, BSO officials said. At about 9 a.m., BSO investigators say, Philip Winikoff drove to an apartment complex near the 3200 block of Northwest 40th Street. Carrying a black ''doctor's'' bag, he walked up to the building and told a 36-year-old woman that he was in the neighborhood offering free breast exams. The woman let Winikoff, of Coconut Creek, into her apartment and the phony doctor began the exam. The woman told police that after Winikoff touched her breasts, he moved his hand to her genitals and further assaulted her. Realizing he was not a doctor, she called BSO, but Winikoff had already left her apartment and found another victim; a 33-year-old woman in the same complex. Deputies found Winikoff on Northwest 40th Street and arrested him.