Former Havant GP jailed for abusing vulnerable patients

A former GP who touched and exposed himself to female patients has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.

Mohan Babu, 47, from Emsworth, Hampshire, was found guilty at Portsmouth Crown Court of four sexual assaults on three women.

Prosecutors said he targeted patients who were "significantly vulnerable" both physically and emotionally.

The brother of one victim, a cancer patient who has since died, said Babu had "desecrated her final months".

A second victim told the court the assault had "ruined my life" while a third said she had gone on a "dark, downward decline".

The abuse took place between September 2019 and July 2021, when Babu was working as a GP in the Havant area.

The court heard he exposed himself to one of the women, telling her "she had to touch it because he was helping her".

He kissed and touched another patient, saying "I'm not having a bad day", the court was told.

Judge James Newton-Price KC said he did not accept a defence claim that Babu's diagnosis of autism had an effect on his behaviour.

"You chose victims that were vulnerable and less likely to complain," the judge told the defendant.

He made Babu subject to a sexual harm prevention order for 10 years and placed him on the sex offenders register for life.

The former GP, who came to the UK in 2006, was cleared of a further three charges of sexual assault against two other women following his trial.

Sophie Stevens, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said: "Mohan Babu abused his position of trust as a GP to carry out vile assaults which left patients feeling violated.

"Sadly, one of these women passed away before Babu was convicted - but the CPS was determined that her voice be heard and we successfully applied for her evidence to be presented to the jury."

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