A doctor accused of raping two female patients during consultations was arrested at Melbourne Airport waiting to board a flight to his native India, a court has heard.
Manu Maimbilly Gopal, 39, is alleged to have digitally penetrated two women after telling them they needed internal vaginal examinations when they complained of abdominal pain during separate visits to a Sunbury medical clinic in February last year.
Dr Gopal has pleaded not guilty to two charges of rape.
On the opening day of his trial in the Supreme Court, prosecutor Lesley Taylor said there was no justification for the internal examinations Dr Gopal conducted. Ms Taylor said one of the women felt Dr Gopal was trying to arouse her and at that at one point he asked, "Does it feel good now?" He later told the woman she had an infection "down there", the court heard.Ms Taylor said after being examined, both women found the door to Dr Gopal's room to be locked, and that an analysis of his records found he never documented performing the examinations.
The court heard Dr Gopal bought a flight to the Indian city of Kochi after the allegations were made, and that after being told by police he was under investigation he paid for his departure to be altered.
02/09/13 Adam Cooper/The Age
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Manu Maimbilly Gopal, 39, is alleged to have digitally penetrated two women after telling them they needed internal vaginal examinations when they complained of abdominal pain during separate visits to a Sunbury medical clinic in February last year.
Dr Gopal has pleaded not guilty to two charges of rape.
On the opening day of his trial in the Supreme Court, prosecutor Lesley Taylor said there was no justification for the internal examinations Dr Gopal conducted. Ms Taylor said one of the women felt Dr Gopal was trying to arouse her and at that at one point he asked, "Does it feel good now?" He later told the woman she had an infection "down there", the court heard.Ms Taylor said after being examined, both women found the door to Dr Gopal's room to be locked, and that an analysis of his records found he never documented performing the examinations.
The court heard Dr Gopal bought a flight to the Indian city of Kochi after the allegations were made, and that after being told by police he was under investigation he paid for his departure to be altered.
02/09/13 Adam Cooper/The Age
