May 2022

Doctor assaulted rape victim, pregnant women, and four teens under the age of 16 during 34 year campaign of abuse

A retired doctor convicted of sex offences against 47 women over more than three decades has been jailed for 12 years.

Krishna Singh, 72, was convicted of 54 charges, mainly of indecent and sexual assault, following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow which ended last month.

The offences happened between January 1984 and 2018, mainly at a medical practice in North Lanarkshire but also at a police office and a hospital accident and emergency department.

The married GP, who was awarded an MBE for medical services, also targeted girls under 16 and pregnant women who went to his surgery in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. 

His actions included kissing and hugging patients, touching their breasts and making inappropriate comments to them.

These charges comprise of: 

  • 25 charges of indecent assault;

  • 24 charges of sexual assault

  • one charge of attempted sexual assault

  • Four charges of lewd, indecent and libidinous practices and behaviour directed towards girls under the age of 16 years

Sentencing Singh when he appeared at the High Court in Glasgow on Wednesday, Lord Armstrong said: ‘You have been convicted after trial of 54 charges of calculated and manipulative sexual abuse of 47 women and girls in relation to who, as a general practitioner, you were in a clear position of trust.

‘You perpetrated these crimes against your female patients persistently over a period of 34 years.’

He said that Singh breached his position of trust and carried out unnecessary examinations, telling him: ‘You undermined the trust of the medical profession by eroding the trust that women would have had.’

Lord Armstrong said that victim impact statements showed that Singh’s actions had a ‘devastating impact’ on his victims, some of whom now have a distrust of the medical profession while others have suffered depression, low self-esteem and anxiety.

He sentenced the 72-year-old to 12 years behind bars and placed him on the sex offenders register.