Glasgow radiologist cleared of allegations of abuse against female partners

A GLASGOW radiologist has been cleared of misconduct over allegations of physical, sexual, and mental abuse towards two females partners.

A tribunal concluded that Dr Chris Cadman’s fitness to practise is not impaired after a string of claims against him were found not proven.

Only one allegation – that Dr Cadman had texted and emailed a former girlfriend known only as Ms A, asking her to meet him after their relationship had ended, despite her requesting that he not contact her – was upheld.

The pair had been in a relationship from December 2013 until January 2015.

However, the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) – which rules on cases brought by the General Medical Council (GMC) – concluded that this did not amount to a serious breach. A solicitor acting on behalf of Dr Cadman stressed that the messages were “not abusive”.

The couple had been engaged and in September 2014, Ms A had a termination.

She alleged that Dr Cadman had told her while pregnant that he would “move down to London and take the baby” and would “get a new mum for the baby” in the capital, but both allegations were found not proved.

In its determination, the MPTS said Dr Cadman’s behaviour in emailing Ms A “was not ideal” but “did not cross the threshold to represent misconduct”.

The doctor, who graduated from Glasgow University medical school in 2013, was cleared of all allegations in relation to a second woman, known as Ms B, with whom he was in a relationship from April 2015 until January 2016.

This included claims that he demanded she delete all male contacts from her phone and took photographs of her naked without her consent, while six months pregnant with his child, and stored them on his laptop despite saying they had been deleted.