‘The worst abuse I have seen in 40 years’ Judge blasts GP who sexually assaulted seven women patients as he jails him for 11 years

Gousul Islam, 70, abused young women under the pretext of examinations
GP ran his own practice in Stainforth until 2009; will now be struck off
Abuse was the ‘grossest possible breach of trust’ says Judge Simon Lawler

Within the privacy of his consulting room at a Doncaster area village surgery, Gousul Islam serially groped teenage girls and young women

A judge has lambasted a GP jailed for 11 years for indecently assaulting seven female patients between January 1970 to June 1995.

‘In 40 years’ experience as a court practitioner, this is the worst case of its kind by a professional man I have had the misfortune to encounter or try,’ Judge Simon Lawler said.

‘This is, on any view, a catalogue in some cases of persistent sexual abuse of patients with the grossest possible breach of trust of your position as a doctor.’

Female jurors wept openly as the judge delivered his verdict on 70-year-old Dr Gousul Islam, who hung his head in shame in the dock at Sheffield Crown Court.

Judge Lawler praised the women for speaking out, and said three of them had been left with psychological problems following the abuse which was a ‘terrible commentary on a medical man who took an oath to counsel and to care.’

Within the privacy of his consulting room at a Doncaster area village surgery, Islam serially groped teenage girls and young women under the pretext of examinations.