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Thursday, 21 November, 2002, 14:04 GMT
Jail for sex assault doctor
Stobhill Hospital
Holdsworth had worked at Stobhill Hospital
A West Yorkshire doctor who indecently assaulted a young woman and thrashed her with a metal coat hanger has been sent to prison for three years.

Darren Holdsworth, 36, had admitted attacking his victim at his flat in Glasgow in November last year.

Passing sentence at the High Court in Edinburgh, the judge, Lord McEwan, told Holdsworth: "This was a very vulnerable young woman and should have been recognised as such by you, particularly someone who is a medical man."

He said he should remain under supervision for a further two years after his release.

Holdsworth, from Keighley, pleaded guilty to attacking the teenager at his flat in Novar Drive, Hyndland, on 8 and 9 November last year.

He had worked in the drink and drug rehabilitation unit of Stobhill Hospital in north Glasgow.

The court heard that he had first seen the 19-year-old last October while she was having a meal with her parents in a restaurant.

Advocate depute Derek Batchelor, prosecuting, said Holdsworth had passed her a note containing his telephone number.

She phoned him and they met later at his flat, where they had sexual intercourse.

During a subsequent meeting the following month the girl, who did not usually drink, got quite drunk. They returned to the doctor's flat, where the assault took place.


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