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| Birmingham surgeon Nafees Hamid guilty of indecent assaults on patients | Birmingham surgeon Nafees Hamid guilty of indecent assaults on patients |
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| A neurosurgeon has been found guilty of nine indecent assaults against patients at two Birmingham hospitals. | |
| Nafees Hamid, 51, had denied a total of 15 charges relating to 10 women between 2009 and 2013 at the city's Queen Elizabeth and Priory hospitals. | Nafees Hamid, 51, had denied a total of 15 charges relating to 10 women between 2009 and 2013 at the city's Queen Elizabeth and Priory hospitals. |
| The jury at Birmingham Crown Court acquitted Hamid of six counts of sexual assault after an eight-week trial. | |
| The 51-year-old, who has been convicted of assaulting six patients, is expected to be sentenced later. | |
| The spinal surgery specialist, of Russell Road, Moseley, Birmingham, told the court that some of the alleged attacks did not happen, while others were legitimate examinations which had been misconstrued. | The spinal surgery specialist, of Russell Road, Moseley, Birmingham, told the court that some of the alleged attacks did not happen, while others were legitimate examinations which had been misconstrued. |
| 'Sickened' colleagues | |
| Among the victims he was convicted of assaulting was a woman in her mid-20s whose complaint led to Hamid's arrest in November 2013. | Among the victims he was convicted of assaulting was a woman in her mid-20s whose complaint led to Hamid's arrest in November 2013. |
| The patient, who cannot be named in order to protect her identity, told jurors she felt "frozen to the spot" as she was subjected to an assault at the private Priory Hospital in 2013. | |
| The eight other counts on which Hamid was convicted relate to five women who attended hospital for a variety of complaints between January and September 2012. | |
| Speaking after the conclusion of the trial, Dame Julie Moore, chief executive of Queen Elizabeth University Hospitals NHS Trust, said she and her colleagues had been "sickened" by the surgeon's actions. | |
| "We're deeply sorry that these offences have occurred and brought disrepute to his profession," she said. | |
| "The trust between a doctor and his patient is sacred and the fact that it has been breached in this way is despicable." | |
| The Priory Hospital said safety was its first priority and Hamid's contract was suspended as soon as concerns came to light. | |
| It said it had also set up a phone line for any of its patients who might have concerns - 0800 0962254 . |