Married locum GP who fondled teenager's breasts in 'moment of madness' when she came to him with chest pains is jailed

 

A married GP who fondled a vulnerable teenager's breasts when she came to him complaining of chest pains has been jailed for 18 months.

Dr Unt Tun Maung, 43, was working as a locum GP when he assaulted the patient during a routine examination at a Teesside medical centre in 2012, Durham Crown Court was previously told.

The father-of-one, of Chester-le-Street, County Durham, had spent 12 years working in the NHS, but has now lost everything because of a 'moment of madness', his lawyer told the court.

The attack took place during a routine appointment in July 2012 when the girl went to Maung complaining of chest pains.

Maung then asked the teenager to remove her bra, before cupping and squeezing her breasts before telling her to put her clothes back on.

After the incident, the woman texted a friend to say she felt she had been sexually abused.

In a statement read to the court, she said had not wanted to believe she had been taken advantage of, but she could not rid it from her mind. 

Then, when she visited another doctor a few months later with another chest infection, she panicked while being examined, the court heard. 

A complaint was made to the NHS, although the police were not alerted for 'several months', prosecutor Peter Makepeace said. 

Dr Maung came from a medical family and had worked in the NHS since moving to the UK in 2000, Mr Hurst said, and was held in high regard both professionally and personally.