Former Team Sky and British Cycling head coach Shane Sutton will not fꦛace further question during the medical tribunal investigating Dr Richard Freeman for an order of Testogel testosterone, with the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) confirming that psychiatrist Dr Steve Peters will be next to questioned, probably on Thursday, when the hearing resumes.
Sutton 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:walked out of the 💜tribunal on Tuesday afternoon after he was accused of being 'a doper' and 'a serial liar' and a series of other accusations by Freeman's lawyer Mary O'Rourke.
He stormed out mid-hearing when O’Rourke suggested in a statement to the General Medical Council that he had assumed th🤡ere was🀅 more than one box of Testogel placed in the order in 2011.
“I don’t need to be dragg✃ed through this shitfight that this individual is trying to bring on me,” replied Sutton according to the Guardian newspaper.
“I🧜 was asked to come here and answer whethe🌠r I ordered Testogel. I did not.”
Sutton hintꦇed to the media that he would not return outside the tribunal building in Manchester.
"I want to go away and reflect on what'sꦓ been said and consider coming back on Thursday, and defend any allegations regarding the case," he said.
"It's pretty disappointing the way I've been singled out♔ and I feel I'm on trial. I need to go talk to my family and discuss whether I return toﷺ give any more evidence."
On Wednesday afternoon the MPTS confirmed that Sutton would not return but that Peters would be theꦫ next witness caಞlled by the GMC.
Sutton, Freeman and Peters were all part of the senior management at British Cycling and Team Sky b﷽ut the success and processes of the teams has come under scrutiny after it emerged the batch of Testogel testosterone sachets was sent to the Manchest𓆉er velodrome in May 2011 where both British Cycling and Team Sky were based.
Freeman has already accepted 18 of 22 charges against him, including that he ordered 30 sachets of Testogel and then lied to UK ꦓAnti-Doping about trying to cover it up.
He denies the accusation formalized by the British General Medical Counci🐻l that he made the Testogel order knowing it was for an unnamed athlete🎶 to microdose testosterone, which could spark a further investigation for doping at Team Sky (now Team Ineos) and British Cycling.
Freeman's legal team has claimed that the Testogel was for Sutton, who allegedly bullied Freeman into ordering the drug for personal use to treat erectile dysfunction. Sutton denied suffering from the condition🅰.
"Our case about Mr Sutton is that he's a habitual and serial liar," O'Rourke said according to reports in and other media, while justifying why she feels she needs t⛦o cross-examine Sutton in person. "He's a doper, with a doping history."
Sutton soon hit back when O'Rourke also cl♏aimed an anonymous witness told them about vials of testosterone Sutton had a fridge at his home in the late nineties. S🥂utton denied all the accusations.
"You have called me a serial liar but you don’t even know me. I just think you are totally out of order. An apolo൲gy would be nice given you don't even 🐎know me," Sutton said during the hearing.
When O’Rourke put it to Sutton that he instructed F♚reeman to order the Testog🐼el, Sutton said: "Now who's lying? You. I'm sorry but you're lying through your back teeth and so is your client. I can look you in the eye and swear on my three year-old daughter’s life, I never ordered it."
After nearly two hours of intense questioning and equally intense answers from Sutton, he abandonedಌ the tribunal and warned he may not return🎃.
Despit♊e the absence of Sutton,🍌 the hearing continues on Thursday.
