Doctor cleared of indecent assault

A doctor has been cleared of indecently assaulting a woman patient in Co Fermanagh.

A doctor has been cleared of indecently assaulting a woman patient in Co Fermanagh.

A jury of seven women and five men returned its unanimous not guilty verdict at Enniskillen Crown Court on Dr Vakil Singh, of Gortin, Co Tyrone.

He had denied fondling and groping a woman patient, then aged 22, in a medical examination in her home in December, 1994.

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