Indian-origin doctor found guilty of sex offences, gets 12 years imprisonment
"You undermined the standing of the medical profession and eroded the trust of the female patients," Judge Lord Armstrong told Singh during a sentencing hearing.;
London: An Indian-origin doctor based in Scotland was on Wednesday sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment after he was found guilty of sex offences against 47 female patients over 35 years.
Krishna Singh, a 72-year-old general practitioner (GP) from North Lanarkshire, was accused of kissing, groping, giving inappropriate examinations and making sleazy comments, charges that he had denied during his trial last month at the High Court in Glasgow.
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"You undermined the standing of the medical profession and eroded the trust of the female patients," Judge Lord Armstrong told Singh during a sentencing hearing.
The GP had insisted the patients were wrong and that some of the examinations were what he had been taught during medical training in India. But he went on to be found guilty of numerous sexual offences, which took place between 1983 and 2018.
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