GP, 50, is guilty of 25 sex offences against six female patients

GP, 50, is guilty of 25 sexual offences against six female patients after using cases of Angelina Jolie and Jade Goody to trick them into unnecessary breast and vaginal examinations

  • Dr Manish Shah carried out assaults at the Mawney Medical Centre in Romford 
  • Used cases of the celebrities to persuade victims examinations were necessary
  • Today found guilty of assaults between June 2009 and July 2013 at Old Bailey

Dr Manish Shah, 50, from Romford, has been found guilty at the Old Bailey of 25 sexual offences against six patients

A GP who cited the cases of Angelina Jolie and Jade Goody to instill fear in his patients was today facing jail for molesting 23 female patients.

Dr Manish Shah preyed on cancer concerns to persuade patients as young as 11 to undergo unnecessary intimate examinations for his own sexual gratification, the Old Bailey heard.

Over five years, between May 2009 and June 2013, he assaulted six patients of the Mawney Medical Centre, the court was told.

Shah, 50, of Romford, east London, denied wrongdoing, claiming he had been practising ‘defensive medicine’.

But following an Old Bailey trial, he was found guilty of 25 sexual offences against the six victims.

The jury was told Shah has already been convicted of similar allegations relating to 17 other women, bringing the total number to 23.

Shah looking down at his lap in the dock as the jury delivered majority verdicts after 26 hours.

Judge Anne Molyneux adjourned sentencing for all the offences until February 7.  

He carried out the assaults at the Mawney Medical Centre in Romford, Essex, between June 2009 and July 2013

He carried out the assaults at the Mawney Medical Centre in Romford, Essex, between June 2009 and July 2013