Hospital surgeon tells sexual assault trial he was 'only flirting'
The court heard the surgeon from Thurnham near Lancaster, was the hospital's head of the cardiovascular surgery department.In one incident, he is accused of pulling on a work colleague's bra strap and waist band. He told the court it was immature and stupid but denied it was sexual assault and described the actions to police as being part of a "banterous relationship".
'Horrible'
The court heard Dr Bose told police on his arrest that it was only flirting and at interview he was "sorry for everything". When asked in court what he was sorry for, he replied: "I was sorry for the situation".At the trial, the prosecution accused Dr Bose of having a 'God-complex', and said he committed the offences 'because you were in a position of power to get away with it'. Mr Bose replied: "I deny having ever done them."Prosecution counsel Huw Edwards said Dr Bose was "a man who felt untouchable in his role, while touching up female members of staff – believing himself to be beyond reproach"."He was in his mind, so invaluable that he could do whatever he wanted", Mr Edwards said.He accused Dr Bose of saying "horrible, misogynistic, sexualised things to women in lower positions".Mr Price said the evidence given by one of the complainants was "inconsistent, unreliable and unsupported".The jury are out to consider their verdicts after hearing two weeks of evidence.
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