Sign up to the MyStockport newsletter to keep up with all the top stories The lawyer of a junior doctor who sent sexual messages and pictures to a '13-year-old girl' - who was actually a police officer - told a court of his 'emotional struggles' while working long hours on the Covid frontline during the pandemic.
James Peter Farthing 'jeopardised' his NHS career - and has been 'removed' from his training programme. He walked free from court after being handed a suspended sentence. READ MORE:Thug screamed 'I will kill you' at man before stabbing him in the head as row over girl erupts in Job Centre car park Farthing, 28, from Wilmslow, admitted his guilt before magistrates, before appearing at Minshull Street Crown Court on Monday (September