Dr Sumit Basu is accused of sexually assaulting his patients. He is seen arriving at court on Tuesday
A married heart specialist told a 16-year-old girl to drop her knickers so he could examine her ‘down below’ after she complained of chest pains, a court heard.
Dr Sumit Basu, 59, allegedly abused his position of trust to fondle three victims between November 2006 and June 2014 at the Lewisham Hospital, south east London.
The consultant cardiologist sexually assaulted two of the women with his fingers and asked one of them about her sex life and if she was ‘sore’, Woolwich Crown Court heard.
In a police interview one of his alleged victims, now 29, explained how she did not know if his actions were ‘right or wrong’ as she was only 16.
‘He would examine my chest area with his hands at every appointment,’ she said.
After being referred to him by her GP with chest pains he allegedly told her: ‘Take off your bottoms and I will examine down below because it all could be connected.’
Dr Basu wore gloves to examine her back passage, but took them off when he moved his hands in a circular motion on her breasts, jurors heard.
His alleged victim returned to see him when her chest pains returned after she became pregnant.
After examining her again he told her that she had nothing to worry about, she said.
Describing each of her appointments, she explained her mother always waited behind a screen.
One woman said she was told to ‘take all her clothes off’ after going to see Dr Basu at Lewisham Hospital, south east London
Explaining one of his alleged assaults, she said: ‘He told me to take all my clothes off, sit on the table and wait for him.
‘His face was quite next to mine – quite close.
‘I did not look at him as I was quite young.
‘I felt a bit uncomfortable when he examined me down below.
‘I thought this could be deemed as sexual. You do not forget that sort of thing. He just kept asking me if I was sore.
‘I was quite young and embarrassed and I did not know if it was right or wrong.
‘I was quite young and I did not want to falsely accuse someone because he was a man with a profession.’
After the examination, her father became aware of his court hearing and spoke to his daughter about what happened when she visited him.
Unbeknown to her, the conversation was recorded, the court heard.
Fighting back tears, she told the jury: ‘It was roughly 10 o’clock at night.
‘He asked me about my appointments. He asked me if anything stood out.’
The prosecutor asked: ‘Were you aware at that time he was recording you?’
She replied: ‘He just came in in a normal way. It was a normal father to daughter hello.
Woolwich Crown Court heard that the woman’s father saw Dr Basu was appearing in court in a newspaper and insisted she go to the police
‘He said he was going to to have to ask me about my appointments. I thought I was in trouble.
‘Afterwards he said I have got to that on record and you are going to have to call the police.’
Jurors heard the short audio clip in which the woman’s father tells her to sit down and asks her what the name of her doctor was.
She replied: ‘Mr Basu.’
Her father said: ‘What did he do to you? I am being f**king serious.’
She said Dr Basu touched her vagina and breasts, the court heard.
The father continued: ‘You know what he is in court for?’
She asked: ‘Paedophile?’
‘Sexual assault,’ her father replied.
‘I just found out. I have got that on record. You have got to go to the police.’
Basu, of Ringmore Rise, Lewisham, southeast London, denies seven counts of sexual assault and three counts of assault by penetration.
The trial continues.
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