Married doctor faces being struck off after booking prostitute for sex at maternity hospital in between treating mothers and babies
- Trainee anaesthetist Dr Rupert Pemsel had sex with woman in side room
- He had arranged for the prostitute to meet him at hospital where he worked
- The doctor was later caught with a picture of an unnamed patient with a bottle inserted into their rectum, which was on his mobile phone
A doctor paid a prostitute to sneak into a maternity hospital and have sex with him for 40 minutes while he was on duty.
Rupert Pemsel – a father of two young children whose wife is a GP – arranged the liaison between bouts of helping with emergency caesareans.
A tribunal heard he was wearing scrubs when he buzzed the escort girl into a secure area of his hospital. He had texted her to say: ‘This is naughty on my part so discretion would really be appreciated.’
Dr Rupert Pemsel (pictured, right, outside a hearing yesterday) booked sex with a prostitute in between treating mothers and babies at a maternity hospital, a medical tribunal heard. Pictured (left) is Leanne Kennedy, the prostitute
The 32-year-old trainee anaesthetist landed himself in more hot water when – during the subsequent investigation – he revealed he kept a photo of a patient’s intimate X-ray on his mobile phone.
Pemsel, who was reported to the General Medical Council, appeared before the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service in Manchester yesterday accused of misconduct.
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He faces being struck off if he is found guilty.
The hearing was told yesterday that Pemsel had been working at the Princess Anne Hospital in Southampton on the day in question: December 29, 2013.
Dr Rupert Pemsel (pictured back row, second from left, during a trip to the Gambia) had sex with the woman in a side room after texting her before he started work saying: 'This is naughty on my part so discretion would really be appreciated'
The father of one (pictured during a trip to the Gambia)
‘Whilst on a night duty shift from 8pm that evening, Dr Pemsel arranged by telephone for a prostitute to attend at the hospital,’ said Paul Wakerley, for the GMC.
‘The prostitute attended and he took her to one of the on-call rooms which involved him passing through a key coded door. The doctor was wearing hospital scrubs. He walked ahead of her going down the main corridor. He then led her through a key coded door and checked there were no members of staff in there. There were a number of rooms, one which was a bedroom for the on-call anaesthetist, the pair went in there and locked the door behind them.
‘He spent approximately 40 minutes in the room, during which time he engaged in sexual activity.’
In the run-up to the liaison, the doctor had sent a series of texts to the prostitute telling her he might have to call it off.
Pemsel inexplicably showed investigators a radiograph picture of a patient with a bottle inserted into their rectum, which he had kept on his mobile phone
Pemsel said: ‘If there’s an emergency and I have to go I’ll give you the money and it’s up to you whether you wait for the emergency to finish. Likewise, if an emergency happens before you get here, I’ll come out and give you the money.’
Pemsel later revealed to investigators an indiscreet photo, a radiograph of a bottle in the rectum of a patient.
‘There was no identification detail on that radiograph.
‘Dr Pemsel appeared to find that amusing.
‘The doctor’s telephone was seized, the image was found on it. He accepts by his own admissions that the image was not taken with the consent of the patient. A full investigation was launched.’
Mr Wakerley said Pemsel was asked in interview what had made him think he could take a prostitute into the hospital. He replied: ‘I don’t think it was reasonable to do it, I thought it was spontaneous.’
Pemsel said he was troubled that he had not given the consequences a thought.
The tribunal was told the doctor was highly respected among colleagues and patients.
He is also known for helping raise money for Hampshire and Isle of Wight air ambulance and for his voluntary work helping the poor and sick in the Gambia.
The doctor - who worked at the Princess Anne Hospital in Southampton - had been been highly respected amongst colleagues and patients for helping raise money for Hampshire and Isle of Wight air ambulance and for his voluntary work helping the poor and sick in the Gambia
Yesterday his wife, who is off from her work at a GP surgery caring for their youngest child, said: ‘I’m sorry I have no comment to make.’
Bosses at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust suspended Pemsel while they launched their own investigation.
The doctor, from Compton, Winchester, admits misconduct and could now be struck off if the panel finds his fitness to practise has been impaired.
The hearing continues.
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