Health and Care Professions Council determination — substantive hearing
HCPTS panel strikes off Francois Marion Jurado
The radiographer was struck off after a child sexual communication conviction and findings of continuing public risk.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 13 December 2024 · Updated 23 September 2026
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Concerning Francois Marion Jurado, radiographer (Health and Care Professions Council RA087148).
Decision date: 13 December 2024 · Hearing started 12 December 2024 and ended 13 December 2024
In plain English
The HCPTS panel considered radiographer Francois Marion Jurado's conviction for sexual communications with someone he believed was a 14-year-old boy. It found virtually no insight, no effective remediation and a continuing risk of sexual reoffending while he remained subject to a criminal sentence. The panel concluded that only striking off could protect the public.
Charges
Mr Jurado was convicted of engaging in sexual communication with a child after repeatedly inviting a person he believed was a 14-year-old boy to his home for sex and sending sexual communications.
Findings
The panel found impairment on public-protection and public-interest grounds. It identified virtually no insight, no evidence of effective remediation, a medium assessed risk of sexual reoffending and a live criminal sentence. It concluded that the predatory conduct was fundamentally incompatible with registration and struck him off.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Mitigating factors
A late guilty plea at Court; the Judge accepted the assertion that the Registrant was remorseful.
Aggravating factors
Predatory behaviour targeting a 14-year-old child; the Registrant being subject to a live sentence; the Registrant being on the Sex Offenders Register for many years; a complete lack of any meaningful insight or remediation; behaviour that actively undermined the profession.
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