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Former GP partner who took images of patients in states of undress is struck off

BMJ 2019; 366 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l5488 (Published 09 September 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;366:l5488
  1. Clare Dyer
  1. The BMJ

A GP partner who took covert mobile phone pictures of partly unclothed patients during examinations has been struck off the UK medical register.

Thair Altaii, 56, was convicted of three counts of voyeurism over six years and sentenced to 14 months’ imprisonment at Newcastle Crown Court in August 2018. He was also required to be on the register of sex …

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