ISLE OF WIGHT NHS TRUST APOLOGY AFTER DOCTOR'S SEXUAL ASSAULT
A Portsmouth Crown Court judge spared Chiemedo Ikpo imprisonment, but handed him two years of probation, following a sexual assault on a woman in a cupboard at St Mary's Hospital, sometime between December 31, 2019, and March 1, 2020.
The victim slammed the health service for allowing the 50 year old father-of-four to continue working at the hospital as he awaited trial, claiming he had been given more support over the incident than she had.
Ikpo was initially suspended, but was then allowed to work while waiting for his trial.
He was dismissed by the hospital after his conviction in June, more than four years after the incident.
The charges do not relate to the patient care provided and the individual has not worked for the organisation since March 2023.
Ikpo, who trained at university in Nigeria, has now been suspended from the Medical Register and may not practice as a doctor in the UK, according to the General Medical Council.
