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Former doctor Michael Salmon has been found guilty of indecently assaulting girls at a hospital where Jimmy Savile abused patients.Former doctor Michael Salmon has been found guilty of indecently assaulting girls at a hospital where Jimmy Savile abused patients.
The 79-year-old was found guilty of nine indecent assaults and two rapes carried out against six girls at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Buckinghamshire. The 79-year-old was convicted of nine indecent assaults and two rapes carried out against six girls at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Buckinghamshire.
Reading Crown Court heard the attacks took place between 1973 and 1988.Reading Crown Court heard the attacks took place between 1973 and 1988.
He was struck off the medical register after admitting indecent assault against female patients in 1991. Salmon, of Salisbury in Wiltshire, was struck off the medical register in 1991.
The court heard Salmon carried out many of his attacks behind a screen in his consulting room, while his victim's parents waited, believing he was completing a medical examination. One of the rapes he was convicted of too place at his home. The court heard Salmon carried out many of his attacks behind a screen in his consulting room, while his victim's parents waited, believing he was completing a medical examination. One of the rapes he was convicted of took place at his home.
He raped a 16-year-old patient on two separate occasions in his bedroom after she turned to him for help, believing she was pregnant.
He touched the breasts of young girls "with the pretence of listening to their heart" and carried out intimate examinations for which there was no medical need, without a nurse present and without wearing surgical gloves, jurors were told.
The consultant paediatrician thought he was "bomb-proof" because no-one would believe a child over him, prosecutor Miranda Moore QC said.
He was found not guilty of one count of rape and another of indecent assault. He was also cleared of carrying out an illegal abortion.
Although he worked at Stoke Mandeville while Jimmy Savile abused patients at the hospital, their offending is not believed to be linked, jurors heard.Although he worked at Stoke Mandeville while Jimmy Savile abused patients at the hospital, their offending is not believed to be linked, jurors heard.
A date for sentencing has not yet been set.