The General Dental Council has barred Mogjan Azari from practising dentistry in the UK. Azari, a principal at two dental practices in south London, allowed her unqualified boyfriend, Omid Amidi-Mazaheri, to work on over 600 patients. Amidi-Mazaheri, drilled cavities without anaesthetic and gave patients fillings that crumbled within days. Many of the patients suffered excruciating agony. One patient accused Amidi-Mazaheri of dropping an instrument down his throat while he administered an injection. The couple also defrauded the NHS of about £30,000 for non-existent procedures. In March 2005, Southwark Crown Court found Azari guilty of obtaining money by deception. She was jailed for one year. Amidi-Mazaheri, an Iranian national, received a two-year sentence after admitting similar offences.