#professional-misconduct

#professional-misconduct

A woman who was sexually assaulted by her physiotherapist has said he should have been stopped from practising earlier, to prevent him abusing more patients. Sarah Johnson, 42, from Meopham in Kent, who has waived her right to anonymity, is calling for immediate suspension of practitioners under investigation for alleged sexual offences. In June 2024, Purnoor Bawa, from Gravesend, was jailed for six years for touching six women inappropriately during treatment sessions between 2013 and 2019.

AN inquiry panel has retired to begin deliberating on professional misconduct allegations against a female secondary school teacher who had sex with a male past pupil in a Dublin hotel.

The woman told an inquiry when she woke up in the hotel, she thought "oh God, I need to get out of here" because she had cheated on her boyfriend Teacher's counsel said her ex was a "jilted partner" who had been "fighting a bitter fight" with the teacher and "had motive" to tell lies