Is cleared of sexual assault charges

A DOCTOR walked free from court yesterday after being cleared over allegations of sexually assaulting two patients.

Matthew Adam, 36, said, “Thank you” after a jury at the High Court in Glasgow found him not guilty on both counts.

It was alleged Adam had inappropriately touched the women – one aged 26 and the other 47 – while examining them.

The doctor told the court he was “absolutely shocked and very upset” about the accusations.

He said he had examined both women for abdominal complaints – one at the surgery and one at her home. The examination involved prodding and rubbing from the patients’ lower ribs to the pelvic bone. He insisted he

“absolutely” did not go further down the body of either woman.

QC Ronnie Rennucci asked Adam if he made contact with the private parts of either woman. He replied: “No.”

The 26-year-old woman claimed she “froze” after being inappropriately touched during the examination. She alleged he appeared “aroused” during the appointment at a medical centre in Forfar in January 2015.

She told the court she went to see him about stomach cramps. She said he prodded her chest and ribs and added: “He moved further down and got lower to my belly button. I started to feel uncomfortable.”

She alleged he then moved his hand under her trousers where he rubbed and prodded her for “a couple of seconds”.

She said: “I didn’t say anything, my body just kind of froze.”

The woman claimed Adam then pushed his groin against her leg or arm and added: “I looked to see what he was doing and was shocked with what I saw. I saw he was aroused in some way.”

The 47-year-old woman claimed she was sexually assaulted by Dr Adam while he was examining her at her home in December 2015.

She also alleged he came back unannounced later that day with medication and groped her for a second time.

Judge Lord Sandison told Dr Adam: “You have been acquitted of the charges on the indictment.”