Hospital consultant, 50, ‘sexually assaulted three women during examinations for his own gratification’
- Dr Narendra Kochar, 50, is on trial accused of sexually assaulting three woman
- Consultant gastroenterologist, from Trafford, denies six counts of sexual assault
- Prosecutors from Manchester Crown Court allege he ‘exploited’ examinations
- Jurors heard one alleged victim saw Dr Kochar at the hospital for a colonoscopy
- Dr Kochar was interviewed by police in relation to the three women’s allegations
A hospital consultant on trial for sexually assaulting three women has been accused of ‘exploiting’ medical examinations for his ‘own sexual gratification’, a court heard.
Dr Narendra Kochar, 50, from Timperley, Greater Manchester, denies six counts of sexual assault on three women when he worked at the Manchester Royal Infirmary.
Prosecutors at Manchester Crown Court allege that Dr Kochar, a consultant gastroenterologist, ‘touched’ the three patients ‘inappropriately’ during examinations.
Dr Narendra Kochar (above), 50, has gone on trial accused of sexually assaulting three woman who he was performing medical examinations on. He denies six counts of sexual assault
The charges relate to alleged sexual touching by Dr Kochar on three women.
Prosecuting, Darren Preston said: ‘All of them separately allege that this defendant touched them inappropriately during examinations that were undertaken for various conditions from which they suffered.
‘It is the prosecution case that this defendant exploited what were relatively intimate examinations of these patients for his own sexual gratification.’
Jurors heard that one alleged victim saw Dr Kochar at the hospital for a colonoscopy.
She claims that while he was performing the procedure, Dr Kochar put his hands between her legs and touched her genital area.
At first she thought it was accidental, the court heard.
She asked for the procedure to be stopped, but nurses also present thought this was in relation to the invasive nature of the procedure and sought to reassure her, jurors were told.
Prosecutors claim that Dr Kochar committed the alleged act ‘quite deliberately, without any clinical justification’.
She didn’t report her allegations immediately, but later told a therapist.
A second female complainant went to see the doctor for an examination to her abdomen.
The allegations relate to patients Dr Kochar saw at the Manchester Royal Infirmary (above).
Mr Preston said that ‘without warning’ Dr Kochar put his hand under her bra and touched her breast. At first she ‘passed it off as clumsiness’, jurors heard.
Dr Kochar is also accused of putting his hand on her thigh on the same occasion.
A third complainant claims Dr Kochar sexually assaulted her on a number of occasions.
She says that she had about 13 appointments with Dr Kochar, and that there were ‘only about two or three where he didn’t touch her’.
It is alleged that Dr Kochar put his hands in her underwear near her genital area.
Prosecutors say that he didn’t use gloves during the examinations, and that she was not offered a chaperone to attend appointments with her.
Dr Kochar was interviewed by police in relation to the allegations made by the three women. He denied any wrongdoing.
He claimed the third complainant had ‘blown kisses’ at him, and that he learned she had ‘behaved inappropriately’ to staff at a hospital in Leeds.
Dr Kochar denied the touching of second complainant’s breast was sexually motivated, saying if he did it was ‘inadvertent’. He said touching a woman’s genitals was ‘something he would never do’.
Dr Kochar denies six counts of sexual assault.
The trial continues.