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The former girlfriend of a deluded doctor has described her disgust after discovering her relationship was a sham. Shelly McNeill, 32, claims that high-flying consultant, Tony Harper, 34, had told her he worked in a call-centre.

Ms McNeill only discovered the deception when she stumbled upon Dr Harper’s medical qualifications in an old shoebox. ‘At first I thought there must have been some sort of mistake, but I soon saw employment contracts and other papers, when I found his hospital ID card I was physically sick.’

Shelly revealed that she’d been dropping Tony off at the call centre some mornings, however he’d obviously been keeping his doctor’s stuff in a bag; catching a taxi to the hospital to perform his duties as a respected oncologist. He’d even gone as far as taking her to the call centre Christmas party, although Shelly became suspicious when they got to the door and then he suddenly felt ‘really hungry’ and they had to go for a curry instead.

‘Looking back I guess there were signs, I was a bit worried about the amount of money he seemed to have.’ Shelly lamented. ‘He had a lovely house and really expensive car, but he managed to explain them all, saying he’d had an inheritance or had a good week selling insurance policies over the phone. There was one friend of mine that claimed she saw him at the hospital once wearing a white coat. However he said that he was only there to visit his sick Aunt and he’d put the coat on for a ‘bit of a laugh.’

The insurance company confirmed that a Dr Harper had once actually attempted to pass himself of as a call centre worker, but had quickly been found out. He had made basic mistakes like phoning people at home when they were not in the bath and accepting their word for it when they said they weren’t interested.

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Posted: Jul 28th, 2007 by NewsBiscuit