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Former patients of a neurosurgeon jailed for 16 years for multiple sex offences against them are suing trust where he worked
- Nafees Hamid assaulted female patients at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth
- He was jailed for 16 years last November for nine sex assaults 2012- 2013
- Abuse uncovered when one brave patient came forward to complain
- Law firm is now pursuing civil claims for victims against the hospital trust
Nafees Hamid, a spinal surgery
specialist, had abused his trusted status to assault women while working
at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth and Priory hospitals
Patients
of an award-winning neurosurgeon jailed for carrying out sex attacks
during examinations are suing the hospital where he worked.
Nafees
Hamid, a spinal surgery specialist, had abused his trusted status to
assault women while working at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth and Priory
hospitals.
The
51-year-old consultant was described during his two month trial at
Birmingham Crown Court as 'a good surgeon but not a good man' who had
been 'brought low by lust.'
Jurors
heard he encouraged some of his patients to remove their clothing and
on occasions, removed their clothes himself without a chaperone being
present. They had come to him for back and neck problems.
He
would then perform intimate examinations, sometimes without wearing
gloves, which were found to be medically unjustifiable and made
inappropriate sexual remarks.
Hamid
was jailed for 16 years last November after being found guilty of nine
sex assaults against six patients between 2012 and 2013.
The
father-of-three, from Moseley, Birmingham, was also struck off and
ordered to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
Law
firm Slater and Gordon, which represents 168 sex victims of the late
DJ Jimmy Savile, is now pursuing civil claims on behalf of a number of
his victims against Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Efa
Schmidt, specialist abuse lawyer with Slater and Gordon, said:
'This was a shocking case which has had a long lasting and profound
effect on the victims of Hamid who had come to him seeking medical help.
'He
callously abused his trusted status to commit assaults on these
women, some of whom were vulnerable, and showed no remorse during his
trial.
'These
women showed great bravery in coming forward and ensuring that
Hamid was convicted for his terrible crimes. They now want to ensure
this does not happen to anybody else.'
At
a hearing at Birmingham Crown Court Judge Patrick Thomas QC told the
neurosurgeon he was the most intelligent man he had ever seen in the
dock of a criminal court but that he had been 'brought low' by lust.
He
said Hamid exercised his lust 'arrogantly' over his patients, abusing
them in what he described as 'the most extreme breach of trust.'
