To read this news story and not be surprised that abused women don't come forward (CW)

[FucksSakeSusan]

A doctor is at a GMC tribunal for allegedly sexually assaulting a vulnerable colleague and having sex with multiple women in his consulting room over a period of years.

https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/23788429.evidence-heard-medical-tribunal-swindon-doctor/

I'm reading the live tribunal reports and the defence lawyer is absolutely savage in his questioning. The woman being questioned is handling it amazingly considering what she's been through (history of DV before this) and how she's being treated. This isn't even a court of law - I would have thought the GMC would be trying to protect the vulnerable witnesses.

Once again I read stuff like this and think if it happened to me I wouldn't come forward. The treatment women get and the way they're questioned is appalling.

I'm currently on hold to police after being with this man now not knowing if he has shared videos or photos of myself with him
Shocking how they are handling this I feel for this lady

@Shockingbehaviour sounds awful. Hope the police are helpful.
Haven’t been able to read all the Court transcript yet.

I raised this concern with them over a year ago about him they said they can't prove the pics weren't taken without consent. If you were sent the pics and could prove he sent them it was different.
I know he took pics of me without consent back in 2018 as he got his phone out. I questioned him about it abd he said he was checking the time! He had an expensive watch on his wrist. This has been going on for years. It's taken approx 2 years to get to the GMC and in the meantime he's been able to carry on treating women the same way.
hes a sexual predator. Back in 2016 he wrote an article admitting to being a sex addict. We reported it to the surgery in 2018. They said they already knew and did nothing about it! They probably could have saved a lot of women from him

It's hard going forward. I once read a harrowing article about how even "perfect victims" (just typing that makes me want to throw up) don't always even get justice. Imagine going through something this awful, having every minute detail of your life aired out in court, sitting across your abuser while they smirk away, and then come out with a "not guilty" verdict in which case people assume that he's innocent and you're a liar.

"Less than 2 in 100 rapes recorded by police in 2022 resulted in a charge that same year. Let alone a conviction."

It's depressing.

How do I get in touch with you? Or have we already spoken. I know all about this. X

And this isn’t even a court case. It’s just to decide if he can keep going on being a doctor.

”Ms A” has suffered 3 full days of cross-examination just for that.

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@Shockingbehaviour did you get a response? I'm concerned also.

I've only just come across the news articles today and have spent the whole day in tears as I have "been in his office" and am terrified he has recorded me without my knowledge or consent. I rang the police and am waiting for someone to get back to me. I feel sick and so ashamed.

YOU have done NOTHING wrong. You must not blame yourself x this is not on you

Aw thank you x I was in a really dark place at the time it happened and I suffer with a lot of mental health issues. It's so true about him targeting vulnerable people by the look of it! X