A victim of "monster" surgeon Ian Paterson said it is "up to society" to decide whether 15 years in prison is sufficient for his "dark and grotesque crimes".
John Ingram, who underwent a double mastectomy after being told he had "pre-cancer" in 2006, told reporters he was "still processing" the length of the sentence after the surgeon was jailed on Wednesday.
He joined victims outside Nottingham Crown Court, including Patricia Welch, who said the sentence will "never fully recompense for all I have gone through".
Victims including Judith Conduit (left), Rachel Butler (front) and Frances Perks (second from right) outside Nottingham Crown Court. (PA)
Diane Green, another victim, said she had "lost absolutely everything" at the hands of the surgeon.
Mr Ingram said the sentencing had brought "closure" and was the "beginning of the healing process", but added: "Today Ian Paterson has been convicted of, what I called in court, dark and grotesque crimes.
"He used his position, his obvious charm and charisma to lure patients into a system where he was able to drug and operate and remove body parts from patients, whom he had convinced had cancer or were on their way to cancer.
"He's received a sentence of 15 years - I'm still processing if I think 15 years is enough for somebody who has shown no remorse, who has put his patients through hell.
"If 15 years is enough for a man like that to appreciate the crimes that he has committed."
Mr Ingram said up until the moment of sentencing, the surgeon had sat in the dock "shaking his head in disbelief as if he was the victim".
"It is up to society to decide whether 15 years is enough for such a crime," he said.
"There is no precedent for Paterson's crime and therefore the judge had his hands tied with sentencing guidelines."
Mrs Welch, who had a mastectomy on Paterson's advice, told reporters: "No amount of prison sentence will ever compensate what myself and the other people affected have gone through."
She said: "We may never know the real reason why he acted in such an evil way.
"Throughout the trial he has made no attempt to show any remorse for his actions and may be revealing his true character rather than the charming professional man we all thought he was.
"Thankfully the jury were able to see what actually was the truth and gave the verdict we were all hoping for.
"The judge has obviously recognised the severity of Paterson's actions in the sentence given. It will never fully recompense for all I have gone through but I feel that justice has been done."
Ms Green detailed the impact which the surgeon had upon her life as she spoke to reporters.
"I lost my home, I lost my marriage, I lost my health, I lost my job, I lost absolutely everything," she said.
"He took everything away from me. It's been going on since the nineties and only today I've got justice. He took away my youth."
Ms Green added: "We're satisfied at last he's going to be behind bars. He's been stopped from doing what he's doing.
"I'm happy with what the judge has given him and I just feel that other people need to be looked at now, the medical profession who worked with him and co-conspired to do this.
"They need to be looked at and stopped."
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