GP ‘was abusing patients for 22 years’

A GP who was convicted of sexually assaulting patients at his surgery also groped four other women over a 22 year period, a court heard. Navin Zala, 68, allegedly attacked the victims for his own sexual gratification by disguising the abuse as legitimate medical examinations. He targeted three of the women during consultations at his surgery in Gravesend, Kent, between 1985 and 2007, it is claimed. He also fondled the breasts of a fourth victim after she went for a…