{"id":714457,"date":"2026-06-04T09:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T09:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/714457\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T09:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T09:17:10","slug":"perth-news-pediatrician-allegedly-sexually-assaulted-underage-patient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/714457\/","title":{"rendered":"Perth news: Pediatrician allegedly sexually assaulted underage patient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Perth paediatrician has been charged after allegedly assaulting an underage patient at his place of work and possessing child abuse material.<\/p>\n<p>The 41-year-old, who specialises in child behavioural issues, operates in Midland and Nedlands and was charged last month after allegations of sexual abuse.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f0e2adc37fe9e150851c9accb9c057b7b13d0148.jpeg\"  width=\"100%\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"_0b53bae146db0b62 _7475dd3391ee1518\" style=\"--text-color:var(--color-text-secondary)\">Western Australia police said the 41-year-old pediatrician allegedly assaulted a patient.\u00a0Supplied<\/p>\n<p>Following a Child Abuse Squad investigation, the Wembley man was charged with persistent sexual conduct with a child under 16 and possession of child exploitation material.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities also seized multiple electronic devices and data belonging to him, which will undergo forensic analysis and further investigation.<\/p>\n<p>He faced court on May 30 and was remanded in custody before his next scheduled appearance next week. <\/p>\n<p>Investigators are now urging anyone affected or with information to come forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Perth paediatrician has been charged after allegedly assaulting an underage patient at his place of work and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":714458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-714457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=714457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/714458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}