A top NHS doctor has been accused of carrying out sex attacks on two women at a London hospital.Â
Yew Meng Aw-Yong, who was the medical director for the Metropolitan Police Service, appeared at court today charged with two counts of sexual assault.
The 59-year-old is accused of assaulting the women at Hillingdon Hospital, west London, between January 2013 and September 2015.
The doctor, who is a specialist in emergency medicine and a former leading expert on forensic healthcare, appeared at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court today where he denied the charges.
Mr Aw-Yong, of Fulham, south west London, was released on conditional bail ahead of a plea and trial preparation hearing at Isleworth Crown Court on February 3.
He has been suspended from his role with the Met.
If found guilty Mr Aw-Yong could face up to six months in prison and an unlimited fine for each offence.
In his career, the doctor has worked as a medical advisor for St John’s Ambulance, and was president of the British Academy of Forensic Science. Â
Top NHS doctor Yew Meng Aw-Yong, 59, has been accused of sexually assaulting two women between January 2013 and September 2015
The two alleged offences were said to have been carried out at Hillingdon Hospital in west London
He has also sat on the council of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.
Mr Aw-Yong has been a lecturer at Queen Mary University of London too, as well as sat on a Ministry of Justice panel on deaths in custody and acted as a special advisor to the Care Quality Commission.Â
The doctor, who has advised the National Police Chiefs Council and the College of Policing, has also sat as a medical judge on the Ministry of Justice’s First Tier Tribunal Judicial Allocations Committee.
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Top NHS doctor is accused of sexually assaulting two women at a London hospital