A DOCTOR who attracted thousands of online supporters after she vowed to challenge a sentence for assaulting police while under the influence of a date rape drug has dropped her appeal.
Dr Eireann Kerr (33) received widespread support after colleagues claimed her career could be jeopardised by the conviction.
A trial judge accepted that Dr Kerr's drink had been spiked with GHB but found her guilty of assault, resisting an officer and disorderly behaviour, and gave her a two-month conditional discharge.
The judge said the spiked drink was not a defence in law.
The anaesthetist was working at Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry when she attacked police after a Christmas night out in December 2013.
Following her conviction, a high-profile campaign was launched in a bid to get the verdict overturned.
However, Dr Kerr's barrister Eoghan Devlin told a Derry court yesterday: "The sentence will be affirmed."
Dr Kerr, who is originally from Strabane, Co Tyrone, but lives at Marlborough Park South in Belfast, has insisted she has no memory of the attack.
It was not clear last night how the conviction will affect her medical career.
A spokesman for the General Medical Council said Dr Kerr is still registered with a licence to practice as normal.
