On Wednesday, the second day of the hearing, a police expert and several doctors were called to testify.
Shortly after the session began, the prosecution informed the court that another woman had come forward. After reading about the case in the media, she contacted the police to report that she too had been sexually assaulted by the defendant during consultations in 2012-2013.
The accused stated on Tuesday that he had not performed any gynaecological procedures beyond a normal examination. The court therefore sought clarification on which procedures are medically justified and which are not. A gynaecology expert was summoned to provide this assessment, while the chief police commissioner presented the investigation report.
According to the report, the alleged victims accuse the doctor of massaging their intimate areas, and several describe “vaginal touching” with “back-and-forth movements”. One woman reported that he behaved inappropriately with the probe during a vaginal ultrasound.
Another said he offered her a consultation over champagne on a Sunday. Several women also reported that when examining their breasts, the doctor stood behind them and pressed himself against them; one woman said he had an erection. In some cases, patients were completely undressed during consultations.
The expert witness noted that “repeated touching” of the intimate area is not part of normal gynaecological practice and was not medically justified in these cases. He also noted that examining breasts from behind is not standard practice, as a standardised method exists for this examination.
The expert added that calling patients in on Sundays is not unusual when treating fertility issues, as timing can be essential. He also explained that full nudity during consultations was more common in the past than it is today.
One alleged victim, who testified again on Wednesday, said she only began questioning the accused’s methods after a miscarriage led to her hospitalisation at the CHL. The reaction of other doctors when she mentioned his name made her realise something was wrong. A former colleague of the accused at the CHL told the court that there had long been rumours that he was harassing patients. The judge responded that rumours can originate from one source and then spread, but the doctor said she had never heard rumours of such severity before.
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