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Indian-origin Doctor Jailed for 12 Years for Raping his Patients in UK (BBC News)
Indian-origin Doctor Jailed for Sexually Assaulting Patients in UK
Image copyrightPAImage captionDr Jaswant Rathore (centre) was jailed for 12 yearsAn "arrogant" West Midlands GP has been jailed for 12 years after being convicted of using his position to sexually assault four female patients.
Jaswant Rathore conducted unnecessary massages in what was described as "a shocking breach of trust".
The attacks took place between 2008 and 2015 at Castle Meadows Surgery, Dudley.
Rathore, 60, of Ploughman's Walk, Wall Heath, was also placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely at Wolverhampton Crown Court.
The doctor was convicted of eight charges of sexual assault and two counts of assault by penetration following a seven-week trial but cleared of a further eight allegations relating to four other patients.
Jailing Rathore, Judge Michael Challinor said the married father-of-five's professional and personal life was a "complete shipwreck" after his conviction.
Image copyrightPAImage captionThe judge said Rathore's behaviour was a "shocking breach of trust"He said: "You used your standing within the community as a cloak behind which you could carry out sexual assaults on your patients for your personal gratification.
"By your actions you violated the faith they had in you to carry out legitimate medical procedures.
"Some of your behaviour demonstrated a breathtaking degree of arrogance - you no doubt hoping your standing in the medical community would enable you to talk your way out of any difficulty."
He added Rathore's offences constituted a "shocking breach of trust".
Rathore was also made the subject of a 15-year sexual harm prevention order.
'Preyed on victims'
One of his patients had told the court how she had gone to see the doctor about pain in her hips.
Without proper consent, Dr Rathore removed her clothes and touched her inappropriately. This made her feel uncomfortable and distressed, the jury heard.
Ian Pinkney, from the Crown Prosecution Service, thanked the female patients who had come forward.
He said the doctor "preyed on women who contacted him for medical assistance".
Indian-origin Doctor Jailed for Sexually Assaulting Patients in UK
Jaswant Rathore was found guilty of conducting unnecessary massages on the patients at his Castle Meadows Surgery in Dudley, in the West Midlands region of England.
PTI
Updated:January 18, 2018, 11:43 PM IST
Representative Image. (Reuters)
London: An Indian-origin doctor was on Thursday sentenced to 12 years in prison for sexually assaulting four women patients between 2008 and 2015.
Jaswant Rathore was found guilty of conducting unnecessary massages on the patients at his Castle Meadows Surgery in Dudley, in the West Midlands region of England.
The 60-year-old, who had moved to Britain with his family at the age of three, was also placed on the sex offenders' register indefinitely and made the subject of a 15-year sexual harm prevention order at the end of the hearing at Wolverhampton Crown Court.
"You used your standing within the community as a cloak behind which you could carry out sexual assaults on your patients for your personal gratification," Judge Michael Challinor told him during sentencing.
"By your actions, you violated the faith they had in you to carry out legitimate medical procedures. Some of your behaviour demonstrated a breath-taking degree of arrogance - you no doubt hoping your standing in the medical community would enable you to talk your way out of any difficulty," he said.
The general practitioner (GP) was convicted of eight charges of sexual assault and two counts of assault by penetration against four women aged in their 20s and 30s following a seven-week trial.
He was cleared of a further eight allegations relating to four other patients.
The judge recounted that many witnesses had spoken highly of his "professionalism, diligence, expertise and amiability" but his personal and professional life had been turned into a "complete shipwreck" due to the "planned and sustained" assaults.
"Many people visit their doctors and submit to the most intimate of examinations because they trust their doctor and that is eroded by people like you," he noted.
Rathore had denied the allegations and insisted he had always acted professionally and, in each case, the touching during "manipulative therapy" had been medically appropriate.
The court was told that the GP had conducted his assaults on patients who had gone to his surgery with regular complaints such as pain in their stomach or back.
Detective Inspector Michelle Thurgood of West Midlands Police, who headed the police investigation in the case, said: "It was a horrific breach of a position of trust. This was somebody who was a trusted GP, respected in the community."
"Many of the patients had gone to him for many years, so absolutely trusted him. We go to our doctor when we're at our most vulnerable and he has abused that trust by carrying out those offences."
Thurgood said the police feared there may be other victims as Rathore was working as a GP for many years and called on any others to "find the strength" to come forward.
Sources:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-42733474
http://www.news18.com/news/world/ind...k-1636051.html
Indian-origin Doctor Jailed for Sexually Assaulting Patients in UK
- 18 January 2018
Jaswant Rathore conducted unnecessary massages in what was described as "a shocking breach of trust".
The attacks took place between 2008 and 2015 at Castle Meadows Surgery, Dudley.
Rathore, 60, of Ploughman's Walk, Wall Heath, was also placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely at Wolverhampton Crown Court.
The doctor was convicted of eight charges of sexual assault and two counts of assault by penetration following a seven-week trial but cleared of a further eight allegations relating to four other patients.
Jailing Rathore, Judge Michael Challinor said the married father-of-five's professional and personal life was a "complete shipwreck" after his conviction.
"By your actions you violated the faith they had in you to carry out legitimate medical procedures.
"Some of your behaviour demonstrated a breathtaking degree of arrogance - you no doubt hoping your standing in the medical community would enable you to talk your way out of any difficulty."
He added Rathore's offences constituted a "shocking breach of trust".
Rathore was also made the subject of a 15-year sexual harm prevention order.
'Preyed on victims'
One of his patients had told the court how she had gone to see the doctor about pain in her hips.
Without proper consent, Dr Rathore removed her clothes and touched her inappropriately. This made her feel uncomfortable and distressed, the jury heard.
Ian Pinkney, from the Crown Prosecution Service, thanked the female patients who had come forward.
He said the doctor "preyed on women who contacted him for medical assistance".
Indian-origin Doctor Jailed for Sexually Assaulting Patients in UK
Jaswant Rathore was found guilty of conducting unnecessary massages on the patients at his Castle Meadows Surgery in Dudley, in the West Midlands region of England.
PTI
Updated:January 18, 2018, 11:43 PM IST
Representative Image. (Reuters)
London: An Indian-origin doctor was on Thursday sentenced to 12 years in prison for sexually assaulting four women patients between 2008 and 2015.
Jaswant Rathore was found guilty of conducting unnecessary massages on the patients at his Castle Meadows Surgery in Dudley, in the West Midlands region of England.
The 60-year-old, who had moved to Britain with his family at the age of three, was also placed on the sex offenders' register indefinitely and made the subject of a 15-year sexual harm prevention order at the end of the hearing at Wolverhampton Crown Court.
"You used your standing within the community as a cloak behind which you could carry out sexual assaults on your patients for your personal gratification," Judge Michael Challinor told him during sentencing.
"By your actions, you violated the faith they had in you to carry out legitimate medical procedures. Some of your behaviour demonstrated a breath-taking degree of arrogance - you no doubt hoping your standing in the medical community would enable you to talk your way out of any difficulty," he said.
The general practitioner (GP) was convicted of eight charges of sexual assault and two counts of assault by penetration against four women aged in their 20s and 30s following a seven-week trial.
He was cleared of a further eight allegations relating to four other patients.
The judge recounted that many witnesses had spoken highly of his "professionalism, diligence, expertise and amiability" but his personal and professional life had been turned into a "complete shipwreck" due to the "planned and sustained" assaults.
"Many people visit their doctors and submit to the most intimate of examinations because they trust their doctor and that is eroded by people like you," he noted.
Rathore had denied the allegations and insisted he had always acted professionally and, in each case, the touching during "manipulative therapy" had been medically appropriate.
The court was told that the GP had conducted his assaults on patients who had gone to his surgery with regular complaints such as pain in their stomach or back.
Detective Inspector Michelle Thurgood of West Midlands Police, who headed the police investigation in the case, said: "It was a horrific breach of a position of trust. This was somebody who was a trusted GP, respected in the community."
"Many of the patients had gone to him for many years, so absolutely trusted him. We go to our doctor when we're at our most vulnerable and he has abused that trust by carrying out those offences."
Thurgood said the police feared there may be other victims as Rathore was working as a GP for many years and called on any others to "find the strength" to come forward.
Sources:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-42733474
http://www.news18.com/news/world/ind...k-1636051.html
