UK Doctor jailed for 90 sex offences against female patients

A GP has been jailed for at least 15 years after being convicted of 90 sex offences against 24 former female patients.

Manish Shah, 50, was branded a "master of deception" as he was handed three life sentences at the Old Bailey.

The doctor used the cases of Angelina Jolie and Jade Goody to persuade patients aged between 15 and 39 to undergo unnecessary intimate examinations for his own sexual gratification, the Old Bailey heard.

Shah, of Romford, east London, claimed he had been practising "defensive medicine".​

However judge Anne Molyneux QC said that his behaviour was driven by his “desire to control and on occasions humiliate women”.

Quoting one of his victims, the judge said: “You made up stories which got into heads and caused panic”.

Judge Molyneux added: “You were a master of deception and you abused your position of power. This was a horrible abuse of trust and caused incalculable harm.

“The details show a pattern of behaviour over five years.

“Your behaviour was not only sexual but was driven by your desire to control and on occasions humiliate women.”

Fifteen of Shah’s victims sat in court on Friday as the GP was sentenced.

Last autumn he was found guilty of 25 sexual offences against the six victims at Mawney Medical Centre between 2009 and 2013.

At an earlier trial in 2018, he was convicted of offences relating to 18 other women, bringing the total number of offences to 90 relating to 24 women.

- UK INDENDPENT