PSYCHOLOGIST, 53, WHO WORKED AT TAVISTOCK CLINIC REMAINS FREE TO PRACTISE DESPITE BEING CAUGHT GROOMING A SCHOOLBOY, 15, FOR SEX IN A PARK
Canade pleaded guilty on July 29 to attempting to meet a child following sexual grooming.On Monday, he was handed a 12-month suspended sentence by a judge at Wood Green Crown Court.
Although he was spared jail, he was sacked by the Tavistock.
However the Mail can reveal that despite his conviction for child sex offences, Dr Canade has not been suspended by the regulator which oversees his profession.
According to the website of the Health and Care Professions Council, he remains registered to practise, without any conditions.
It is the council's job to keep the public safe from rogue psychologists.
Canade, of Enfield, north London, was also given a six-month suspended sentence to run concurrently after admitting to attempting to engage in sexual conversation with a child.
Both sentences were suspended for 18 months.
Before long, the teenager's 'friends' who were members of a vigilante group 'surrounded' Canade, until police arrived to arrest him.
Sentencing Canade, Recorder David Osborne told him the boy had 'made it clear in the first conversation that he was 15 years old'.
The judge said: 'You established he was inexperienced, and there was discussion of having sex in a local park.
You agreed to meet with the intention of having sexual relations afterwards.' Canade, of Enfield, north London, was also given a six-month suspended sentence to run concurrently after admitting to attempting to engage in sexual conversation with a child.
Both sentences were suspended for 18 months.
Archie Manby, defending, said Canade had been working in 'an incredibly high pressure environment' within the NHS as a clinical psychologist but had now lost his employment and good character.
He said: 'He had patients, who he had been working with for some considerable time - their therapy with Mr Canade had to be immediate terminated.' The court heard that some of his patients had provided testimonials on his behalf.
Mr Manby said Canade had previously had therapy, having struggled with his own mental health, and was undergoing further treatment.
Canade was also ordered to carry out 150 days of unpaid work as well as complete 35 sessions of a sex offenders rehabilitation course.
The Trust confirmed that a former employee has been convicted of offences involving a minor.
As soon as they were alerted to the investigation, he was suspended and subsequently dismissed.
The Health and Care Professions Council said: 'This has been forwarded to the relevant department for their attention.'
