Thomas Jenkins, 28, (pictured) had been at a drug-fuelled sex party and later started messaging a person who he thought was a 13-year-old boy
A junior NHS doctor has been struck off after urging a 13-year-old boy on Grindr to have unprotected sex with him.
Thomas Jenkins, 28, sent obscene pictures of himself over a two-day period, asking the boy how he lost his virginity and ‘how do you like to be f*****?’
He contacted the teenager on the popular social media dating app just hours after he attended a drink and drug-fuelled sex party.
But Jenkins was later arrested after it transpired that the ‘boy’ was in fact an undercover police officer tasked with tracking down online paedophiles.
The junior doctor, from Manchester, went on a wild night out after completing a hospital night shift during which he drank and took Mephedrone at the party.
He then brought a man back to his home for intercourse before abusing more drugs, the tribunal was told.
Shortly afterwards he went on Grindr where he made contact with the boy, known as ‘Liam14’ and sent the pictures of himself.
Jenkins was arrested at his workplace at a psychiatric unit in Wrexham Maelor Hospital in North Wales.
He gave a no comment interview, apart from saying that he had ‘ruined his life.’
In messages to the boy, Jenkins said he ‘wanted to slap him about a bit’ during intercourse.
At the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service, Jenkins, who lives at a quayside flat in the city centre, was ordered to be erased from the medical register of doctors after he admitted misconduct.
Last April he was sentenced to a community order for three years at Manchester Crown Court after he admitted attempting to incite a child of 13 to 15 to engage in sexual activity. He was also ordered to sign the Sex Offender Register for five years.
MPTS Panel chairman Mr Lindsay Irvine told Jenkins: ‘You had shown genuine remorse for your actions and acknowledged that you do have the potential to remediate your behaviour.
‘However, we could not be satisfied even on the basis of your own admission, that your behaviour was unlikely to be repeated.
Jenkins, 28, sent obscene pictures of himself over a two-day period after starting a conversation on Grindr
The junior doctor (pictured) said that his actions had ‘ruined his life’
‘Despite working in Psychiatry you had not been able to recognise your own self-destructive patterns of behaviour and address them appropriately or in a timely fashion.
‘You said you were ashamed of your behaviour yet it was ultimately your responsibility to address this and you failed to do so.
‘Whilst you had not abused your professional position, your conduct involved predatory behaviour, in that you knowingly messaged, over a two day period, someone you believed to be a 13 year old boy with sexually explicit messages and pictures, and arranged to meet with the intention of engaging in sexual activity.
‘Your behaviour was so egregious that it is fundamentally incompatible with continued registration.’
Sharon Beattie, the General Medical Council’s lawyer, said: ‘Liam said he had a boyfriend in the year above and that he had met a couple of guys on the site.
‘Some minutes later Dr Jenkins sent seven pictures of an indecent nature, in some instances of an obscene nature to Liam who he believed was 13.
‘They are photographs sent of himself in various states both physical and in states of undress. After this Dr Jenkins asked for pictures of Liam in return but Liam said he didn’t send pictures of himself.
‘Thereafter Dr Jenkins started asking about how Liam lost his virginity and what he wanted being on the Grindr site.
Jenkins (pictured) was arrested at his workplace at a psychiatric unit in Wrexham Maelor Hospital in North Wales
‘Liam said he wanted fun and meets. Dr Jenkins said he wanted the same. Dr Jenkins said he would be willing to drive but not until he had seen Liam’s face.
‘The doctor then asked how he liked to be f***** and what sexual positions he liked. He also urged the boy to have sex without a condom as it was more natural.
‘The doctor then said what he would like to do to him. He said he wanted to use his holes, spit in his mouth and slap him about a bit. The conversation ended because Liam said he wanted to go for his tea.
‘Police were able to find Dr Jenkins because of the information he provided and he was arrested at his workplace which was at a psychiatric unit in Wrexham.
‘The public would be rightly appalled to think that this doctor had behaved in such a deplorable manner.’
Jenkin’s lawyer Alan Jenkins said his client handed over his computer passwords to the police and officers found no evidence of a ‘wider pattern of behaviour.’
He said whilst the conviction was serious, it was ‘not a contact offence’ and it had not affected his work as a doctor.