Zim Doctor disgraced in the UK

Dr. Maxman Tembo

A Zimbabwean doctor has been found guilty of groping and kissing two young girls in the UK. But he has escaped jail by a whisker.

Dr Maxman Tembo who worked in Liverpool targeted his victims despite knowing they were vulnerable and one was suffering from depression. The 49-year-old denied any wrongdoing and said he was a “committed Christian” and married man.

But the Everton -based GP was found guilty after a trial at Liverpool Crown Court of two counts of se_xual assault. Judge Clement Goldstone, QC, said he caused the woman with depression “untold psychological damage”.

He said: “It seems to me you targeted both of them precisely because of their age.

“You had no thought whatsoever for their well-being. All you thought of was your own se_xual gratification.

“Despite your denials, I’m quite sure you were attracted to those girls because of their young age.” Prosecutors said one victim was left in tears after Tembo “tickled her over her top and then drifted onto her skin” in 2015.

David Watson, prosecuting, said: “He stroked the top of her head, lifted her off the ground and pressed his groin into her back.

He then said ‘your boyfriend would kill me if he found out’ and kissed the side of her neck.”

The doctor said they were just friends who often hugged. He denied trying to tickle her and said she gave him a peck on the cheek.

He claimed the woman was “smiling and giggling” when he left to go to church to teach Bible readings.

Mr Watson said the defendant also indicated a woman should sit on his lap in 2013, before hugging and trying to kiss and grope her. Tembo told the jury he was a friendly person who would exchange hugs, but denied trying to kiss her or forcing her hands towards his body.

Julian Linskill, defending, said his client was a hard-working man, who was now bankrupt.

He said: “He has effectively thrown away his career. He is suspended from practice by the General Medical Council.”

Judge Goldstone said: “It’s reasonable to assume I hope that this defendant will not be practising as a doctor again.”

The judge said he was prepared to suspend Tembo’s sentence of 15 months in prison for two years, because of his previous good character.

He gave him 12 months’ supervision, 150 hours of unpaid work and a four-month home curfew, from 7pm to 7am. Judge Goldstone said Tembo, an intelligent man who had been a kind and caring doctor, must sign on the Se_x Offenders Register for 10 years.

He added: “You are entirely the author of your own misfortune.”

Source-Online