Trousers Didn’t Fit, You Must Acquit

A British anaesthetist has been cleared of allegations that he used the hands of sedated patients to perform “obscene acts” on himself. 

Dr Narendra Sharma had been accused of performing obscene acts on himself for his own “sexual stimulation and gratification.”  An employee at the Marie Stopes International Clinic in Fallowfield, Manchester, testified that she saw him using the hand of a semi-conscious patient beneath the operating table for a “stroking movement,” during a procedure. He was also accused of exposing himself during a procedure and putting the fingers of a second patient through the zip of his trousers.

Sharma, a father-of-two, testified he had secured his trousers with medical tape because they did not fit, but a kicking patient caused them to partially fall.