The judicial authority in charge of the Court of Violence against Women number 2 of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria has ordered this afternoon the entry into preventive prison, communicated and without bail, of a doctor who was detained this Tuesday in the Gran Canarian capital for alleged sexual assault crimes allegedly committed against women in Primary Care centers of the Canarian Health Service, to which he is currently no longer linked.
The investigated person, who in his appearance in court has exercised his right not to declare, is indicatively charged with 11 crimes of sexual assault against as many other women.
In addition to imprisonment, the judicial authority has agreed to provisionally disqualify him from practicing the medical profession, and has issued a restraining order against the alleged victims. The investigation continues its course.
As you will recall, after being arrested this Tuesday, the Police proceeded to enter and search his home.
This healthcare worker had been arrested by the National Police and released on February 3. The registered doctor was then arrested for two crimes of sexual assault committed against two patients while practicing as a doctor.
The investigations against him began after the complaints filed by the victims, who reported having suffered "touching and behaviors of a sexual nature" during medical consultations in Emergency.
The National Police reported two months ago in a statement that the doctor "acted with a clear abuse of his professional position, generating in the victims a state of paralysis and confusion in the face of the situation, without capacity for immediate reaction".
On that occasion, the Court decreed his/her provisional release and the prohibition from approaching and communicating with four victims.