Rapist doctor who gagged victim and threatened her with scissors is struck off

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Vibhor Garg, who was branded “selfish” as he was jailed for 11 years, has been immediately banned from working in medicine by a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service panel, which said his behaviour undermined patients’ and the public’s trust in the profession. “I no longer wish to stay and practice medicine in the UK, even if given the opportunity, due to stressful personal events … I do not wish to attend hearing.” This was not a random, spur-of-the-moment incident Judge Dixon Garg, formerly of King Street in Wigan, forced himself on his victim during the night in Sheffield while staying at the same address as her, South Yorkshire Police said. You tried to blindfold her, and then you raped her.” The judge added: “It’s difficult to see, from any point of view, how when a woman is crying and pleading for her mum, as has graphically described in her statement to the court, how anyone can get pleasure under those circumstances but, you did, because you continued.” The judge, who said “the selfish nature of all of activities is utterly deplorable”, said the woman did not know if the attack was really videoed but “the fear of that is terrifying to her”. She said: “This was an extremely violent incident and distressing, and the bravery she has shown throughout has been commendable.” A spokesperson for the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, where Garg was employed, said he was “absent from work when the trust was made aware of the allegations and never returned”.