Indian-origin doctor Jaswant Rathore was found guilty of conducting unnecessary massages on the patients and sentenced to 12 years in prison for sexually assaulting four women patients between 2008 and 2015 at his Castle Meadows Surgery in Dudley, in the West Midlands region of England.
Wolverhampton Crown Court ordered to put him in sex offender's register for the indefinite period and placed him under the order of 'prevention for sexual harm' for 15 years.
Jaswant Rathod, GP, was charged with eight cases of sexual assault and two counts of assault by penetration against four women aged in their 20s and 30s following a seven-week trial.
The convict was charged with eight cases out of which he was cleared in four.
Pronouncing Judgement, Judge Michael Challinor remarked that the convict used his position in the community to carry out sexual assaults on his patients to satisfy his gratification.
The Judge also said, "By your actions you violated the faith they had in you to carry out legitimate medical procedures. Some of your behaviors demonstrated a breath-taking degree of arrogance - you no doubt hoping your standing in the medical community would enable you to talk your way out of any difficulty,"
The judge recounted that his "planned and sustained" assaults has wholly damaged his personal and professional life, of which many had heaped praises.
He noted," Many people visit their doctors and submit to the most intimate of examinations because they trust their doctor and that is eroded by people like you."
On the other hand, Rathore insisted that he maintained the high professional integrity and denied all the allegations. He described his actions as part of the medical procedure under the "manipulative therapy."
It was stated to the court that those patients who regularly visited the surgery on account of stomach or back pain were assaulted.
Detective Michelle Thurgood, Inspector at Department of West Midlands Police, headed the police investigation in the case, said: "It was a horrific breach of a position of trust. This was somebody who was a trusted GP, respected in the community."
The police department is still calling on other victims of the convict to gather courage and come forward. They believe that since the GP, Rathore was working for many years, there might be other victims as well.
