Doctor groped me during house calls, says woman

Patient, 47, breaks down as she tells court of double ‘sex attack’ by GP, 36

A WOMAN claimed she was repeatedly groped by a doctor during examinations at her home, a court heard.

The 47-year-old told the High Court in Glasgow that Matthew Adam attacked her at the property in Forfar, Angus, on December 6, 2015.

She stated that Adam, 36, visited her after she phoned NHS 24 complaining about a long-standing kidney problem.

She claimed she was living alone when Adam examined her body without washing his hands or wearing gloves.

In recorded evidence, she said: ‘He was pressing on my stomach and groin and kept doing it.’

She broke into tears when she stated that Adam went on to touch her in an inappropriate place. Prosecutor Lindsey Dalziel asked what Adam was doing with his hand.

She replied: ‘It was like he was trying to turn me on.’

The woman stated she was given a morphine injection by Adam who informed her that he didn’t have painkillers as there were none left. The woman claimed Adam left before returning unannounced later that afternoon.

She stated Adam claimed to have found the painkillers before examining her for a second time.

The woman wept again when she claimed Adam carried out an identical sexual attack on her. Miss

Dalziel asked: ‘Have you ever had an examination from another doctor for that kind of pain that you were touched on your private parts?’ She replied: ‘No, never.’

The woman told a friend two days later.

Adam denies two charges of sexually assaulting the woman and a separate charge against another female at a medical practice in Angus in January 2015.

He is also accused of exposing himself and taking a photograph at St Margaret’s Hospital in Auchterarder on June 20, 2019.

The trial continues before judge Lord Sandison.