Surgeon on pics charge

A WALES-BASED surgeon is due to appear in court accused of having indecent images of children and extreme pornographic pictures.

Dr Raed Al-Mobayed, 43, of Llanelli, is believed to have worked as an orthopaedic surgeon at Nevill Hall Hospital in Abergavenny. His Cardiff Magistrates’ Court appearance is scheduled for April 26.

An Aneurin Bevan University Health Board spokesman said: “We can confirm that the individual has been excluded from the workplace pending the outcome of the court case.

“His clinical practice has been restricted in line with GMC (General Medical Council) recommendations throughout. It would be inappropriate to comment further while legal proceedings are ongoing.”

A spokesman for the GMC said it took the allegations “very seriously” and interim restrictions were placed on the surgeon’s medical licence in

February 2020.

The restrictions are pending the conclusion of a GMC investigation and the criminal proceedings.

The spokesman added: “Dr AlMobayed’s interim conditions include that, except in life-threatening emergencies, he must not carry out consultations with or treat patients younger than 18 years without a chaperone present, he must keep a log detailing every case where he has carried out a consultation with such a patient, which must be signed by the chaperone, he must keep a log detailing every case where he carried out a consultation with such a patient in a life-threatening emergency without a chaperone present and, finally, he must give a copy of these logs to the Interim Orders Tribunal at his next review hearing.”