I WARNED OF THE 'DENTIST FROM HELL' Uni chief fearedfor patients.

A DEMON dentist who left a trail of havoc behind him should never

have been allowed near patients, it was claimed yesterday.

John Laszlo, 32, faces a string of allegations including claims he

tried to throttle his boss and told a patient in agony: "Welcome to

the National Health Service."

But yesterday it emerged the General Dental Council were warned

about Laszlo when he qualified.

Laszlo, of Edinburgh, was told to seek medical help by the

post-graduate dean at Liverpool University after becoming

"disruptive and aggressive".

Dr John Lilley told a GDC disciplinary hearing in London that he

contacted the council as soon as he discovered Laszlo had become a

fully-fledged dentist.

He said: "I wrote expressing my concerns about the

appropriateness of Mr Laszlo at that time becoming responsible for the

continuing care of patients.

"I had reason to believe this was not in their

interests."

Dr Lilley was summoned to the Dental School at Liverpool's

Clatterbridge Hospital in 1997 following complaints from colleagues

about Laszlo's "behavioural difficulties".

He confronted the trainee but Laszlo became aggressive and the dean

had http://outofoez.livejournal.com/1969.html to suspend him, the hearing was told.

Dr Lilley said: "He had behaved in a manner I felt to be

unprofessional. The meeting ended in, I can only really describe it as

an atmosphere of shock. I don't think any of us have ever

encountered such an intransigent approach.

"This behaviour did not lie within the norm. We advised him he

should seek professional advice."

Laszlo then continually phoned him, wrote letters and came to see

him. He was reinstated on the course after he signed an undertaking that

he would not be disruptive again.

Under questioning by Alan Jenkins, counsel for Laszlo, Dr Lilley

denied ever telling the student he was "sick" although he

admitted he had told him to "seek medical advice".

Laszlo, who was sacked by two employers in just a year, faces eight

charges of serious professional misconduct.

On one occasion, he is alleged to have attempted to strangle his

employer, sitting on his chest with his hands round the dentist's

throat.

Laszlo, who is now living in a squat in London, denies the charges.

The case continues.