Mr Hockton added that Mrs C’s claim she felt somet

Mr Hockton added that Mrs C’s claim she felt something ‘hot and soft’ on her thigh was also highly unlikely as she never mentioned it in her initial letter of complaint.

The GMC has heard that Mrs C disagreed with a jury’s verdict clearing Dr Borges of other sexual assaults against women in the local area.

‘Is this woman who lives in a small community trying to right what she sees as a wrong,’ said Mr Hockton.

‘Is her evidence prejudiced.

There must be the gravest possible reservations.

Mr Hockton said that the ‘icing on the cake’ was that Mrs C went back to see Dr Borges despite the claim she was indecently assaulted.

Her reason was that another doctor she was offered spoke too quietly, Mr Hockton said.

‘Putting it all together isn’t it the most fanciful vague, absurd, inconsistent account one can imagine,’ Mr Hockton said.

He also urged the GMC to reject evidence from Mrs E, a midwife, who alleges that Dr Borges took her to a secluded spot in Caithness General Hospital and used a 10 inch probe on her in a sexually suggestive way.

He added that Mrs E knew full well, as a midwife, she could have asked to be chaperoned during the examination.

In any case, GMC guidelines recommending that patients be chaperoned during intimate examinations were only introduced after this alleged incident took place.

And claims that Dr Borges said to her ‘tell me if you don’t trust me’ were contradicted by her own husband’s evidence.

Her spouse said the doctor’s words were ‘tell me if you don’t feel comfortable.

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And it would be normal to roll a condom onto the probe in front of a patient, according to the GMC’s own expert witness, Mr Hockton said.

Asking the committee to dismiss the charges, Mr Hockton said: ‘I do ask you to look at all these cases in the context which they are brought.

In my submission it would be oppressive if Dr Borges faced any further inquiry.

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The hearing resumes tomorrow.

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