2 weeks Ago By Tom Dillane
In May 2023, a police conduct report revealed a two-decade saga involving a contracted medical officer alleged to have sexually assaulted recruits and conducted inappropriate intimate visual examinations. After a Herald investigation in February 2023 into the case , two further male recruits have come forward with more disturbing allegations against the doctor. Neither of the male officers were included at any point of the police investigation, medical council hearings or IPCA investigation into the doctor – who was ultimately cleared.
More former police recruits have come forward with disturbing historical allegations about inappropriate examinations at the hands of a doctor who was the subject of years of investigations – but ultimately cleared. The new allegations, from two male police officers, are more extreme than previously canvassed in a police investigation and a medical council censure that was successfully appealed in the High Court. One of the officers bringing fresh allegations has described having his genitals examined by the Wellington -based GP in the 2000s as part of his final sign-off to join the force.
The recruit – then in his 20s – describes the doctor “having a good feel” while joking “don’t worry if you get a stiffy” and “your wife’s a very lucky woman”..
