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GP Davinder Jeet Bains jailed for filming abuse of patients | GP Davinder Jeet Bains jailed for filming abuse of patients |
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A family doctor who used a secret camera inside his wristwatch to record himself abusing female patients at his surgery has been jailed for 12 years. | A family doctor who used a secret camera inside his wristwatch to record himself abusing female patients at his surgery has been jailed for 12 years. |
Davinder Jeet Bains previously admitted 39 sex offences at Swindon Crown Court. | Davinder Jeet Bains previously admitted 39 sex offences at Swindon Crown Court. |
The 45-year-old, who worked as a GP at a medical practice in Royal Wootton Bassett, filmed the attacks using a spy watch. | The 45-year-old, who worked as a GP at a medical practice in Royal Wootton Bassett, filmed the attacks using a spy watch. |
Detectives investigating likened the timepiece to something out of a James Bond movie. | |
Passing sentence, Judge Douglas Field told Bains he had breached the trust patients put in their doctor "in the most grievous way". | Passing sentence, Judge Douglas Field told Bains he had breached the trust patients put in their doctor "in the most grievous way". |
'Position of trust' | 'Position of trust' |
"You are a disgrace to the medical profession," he added. | "You are a disgrace to the medical profession," he added. |
"You of all people will be aware that the relationship between a doctor and his patient is of fundamental importance in the practice of medicine. | "You of all people will be aware that the relationship between a doctor and his patient is of fundamental importance in the practice of medicine. |
"In this relationship the doctor is placed in a very high position of trust and the patient is entitled to expect the doctor to discharge that duty with the highest standard. | "In this relationship the doctor is placed in a very high position of trust and the patient is entitled to expect the doctor to discharge that duty with the highest standard. |
"This is particularly so when a female patient consults a male doctor on intimate matters." | "This is particularly so when a female patient consults a male doctor on intimate matters." |
The judge said police found a large number of video clips of women and girls aged 14 to 51 during "intimate examinations" dating from 2009 to 2012. | |
The court heard a large number of the victims, when questioned by police, said they had felt "violated" at the time by Bains' actions. | |
Two of his patients had also complained about his behaviour before he was arrested. | Two of his patients had also complained about his behaviour before he was arrested. |
Bains' barrister Rex Tedd QC said of his client's victims: "They had no obvious means of becoming sure that this [behaviour] went beyond what was expected in a doctor's surgery and had no obvious channel of complaint." | |
In mitigation, Mr Tedd said Bains wanted to express "regret" at his actions. | |
"It was confined to a period in his life when his marriage collapsed because of his sexual inadequacy and he was self-medicating inappropriately," he said. | |
360 video clips | 360 video clips |
The doctor's activities were uncovered after a complaint from a woman who thought she had been filmed. | The doctor's activities were uncovered after a complaint from a woman who thought she had been filmed. |
Police raided the Tinkers Lane Surgery, where they found the wristwatch. They later found more than 360 video clips. | Police raided the Tinkers Lane Surgery, where they found the wristwatch. They later found more than 360 video clips. |
At an earlier hearing in March, Bains of Nyland Road, Swindon, admitted various sexual assault and voyeurism charges and asked for 65 further offences to be taken into account. | |
Bains has been added to the sex offenders register for an indefinite period and has been banned from owning digital recording equipment or entering Royal Wootton Bassett. | |
Bains, who qualified as a doctor in 1993, previously worked at Swindon's Great Western Hospital. | |
He is suspended from practising by the General Medical Council. | |
Dr Liz Mears, from the NHS, said there would be an independent report and "the findings will be made public in due course". | Dr Liz Mears, from the NHS, said there would be an independent report and "the findings will be made public in due course". |