UK Doctor Impersonating Indian Massage Specialist Sentenced for Sexual Assault

A doctor who claimed to have been trained in specialist massage in India for two years has been handed an 18-month prison sentence by a UK court which also placed him on the sex offenders’ register for 10 years after being found guilty of the sexual assault of a female patient.

Simon Abraham, 34, worked at Eastbourne District General Hospital in south-east England when he contacted the woman in October 2020 after she had been treated there for severe headaches. He was convicted of sexual assault at Chichester Crown Court after a four-day trial in May and sentenced last week to 18 months in prison – nine of which will be custodial behind bars and the remaining under licence parole conditions.

“He claimed that he had had a call from a colleague who was concerned about her condition and that he had been trained in specialist massage in India for two years,” the Sussex Police said in a statement.