A dentist accused of sexual assault yesterday expressed regret that he did not have a chaperone with him in line with ethical guidelines when he carried out an examination on a young woman at his surgery.
Dr John Tait (60), Glen House, Upper Rochestown, Cork, denies a single charge of sexually assaulting the woman at his dental practice at St Patrick’s Terrace, Douglas, on December 20th, 2006.
At the second day of his trial at Cork Circuit Criminal Court yesterday, Dr Tait, a married father of three, took the stand to deny the charge.
“No, it never happened,” said Dr Tait, who said he had conducted an examination of the alignment of the woman’s teeth, jaw and sternum to see whether she suffered from a condition called tempero mandipular jaw dysfuction after she complained of headaches. The case continues.