GP jailed over indecent assault

Dr Anthony Jones denied indecently assaulting the woman

A doctor has been found guilty of indecent assault after making "lewd suggestions" to a female patient.

Wolverhampton Crown Court heard Anthony Jones, 43, from Shrewsbury, nuzzled the woman's neck at Oxley Health Centre in the city in June last year.

He also made suggestive comments and licked his lips before asking the 42-year-old about her sex life and giving her a massage.

Jones was jailed for nine months and ordered to register as a sex offender.

The GP, of Montgomery Road, Cruckton, used to work as an orthopaedic doctor in Oswestry before moving his practice to Wolverhampton.

During the four-day trial the court heard that Jones left the female patient "numb with shock" after the incident.

Passing sentence Judge Michael Mott told Jones that the woman had placed her unthinking trust in him and she had been treated in a sexualised and degrading way.