BOGUS doctor Paul Bint gleefully gloated about his sick double life in an East Lancashire pub while on parole from Preston Prison.

Locals at a pub in Barrowford, near Nelson, claim that the 37-year-old - who has impersonated medics - bragged about his sick games, which spanned over 11 years and included an incident at the Royal Preston Hospital in 1992.

Locals living in the East Lancashire village are still talking about the moment Bint was re-arrested, after absconding from a bail hostel while on licence from Preston Prison - for which he will spend an extra year in jail.

And, according to one resident who asked not to be named, he made no secret of his exploits in the past during his time on the run.

She said: "He was sitting in a pub with two other people boasting about what he got up to and how easy it was to impersonate medical staff.

"At first we thought he was joking but he has been in all the papers so someone soon realised who he was.

"He talked about carrying out actual operations and arranging treatment for people. Just listening to his conversation was horrifying enough."

Bint was imprisoned after his pretence was rumbled by a Preston woman, who fell for Bint in a Preston nightclub in 1994.

Former hairdresser Bint also tried to use a stolen credit card but couldn't match the signature, and the woman reported him to the police, which resulted in the prison sentence from which he was released last month.

In one incident in 1992, Bint walked into York District Hospital and told a mother and father their daughter would make a full recovery. The 17-year-old died half an hour later.

In an newspaper interview, he is reported as saying: "I have a talent for surgery. I have a photographic memory, you see. I only have to watch something and I am convinced I can do it.

"I had them all fooled. I get some sort of kick out of it, I suppose."

He claimed his next plan was to fly Concorde, although until October 19 next year, he will have to make do with life behind bars.

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