A paramedic has been booted out of the profession for conning a female boxer into exposing her breasts during a pre-fight check. Paul Hardy, a former Northern Ireland Ambulance Service paramedic, asked the victim to remove her bra under the guise of carrying out “baseline observations” on April 16, 2016. A Health and Care Professionals Council tribunal hearing was told that despite the “obvious” discomfort of the woman – a health professional herself – Hardy had her expose her breasts for 30 to 45 seconds while carrying out a rib flex test. The “nervous” female boxer did not object to the bizarre examination and behaviour because she was keen to take part in the charity event and was under the impression the assessment was a requirement to do so. In attempting to justify his actions, Hardy told the tribunal he was assessing the woman for “chest asymmetry” and was being thorough in his examination because he wanted to improve safety in the “dangerous and unregulated” sport of charity boxing.
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