Indian origin doctor jailed for sexually assaulting patient in UK
London: A doctor who claimed to have been trained in specialist massage in India for two years has been handed an 18-month prison sentence by a UK court after being found guilty of the sexual assault of a female patient.
Simon Abraham, 34, worked at Eastbourne District General Hospital in south-east England when he contacted the woman in October 2020 after she had been treated there for severe headaches.
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He was convicted of sexual assault at Chichester Crown Court after a four-day trial in May and sentenced last week to 18 months in prison - nine of which will be custodial behind bars and the remaining under licence parole conditions.
"He claimed that he had had a call from a colleague who was concerned about her condition and that he had been trained in specialist massage in India for two years," the Sussex Police said in a statement.
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