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Allegations of Sexual
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There have been emotional scenes at
the High Court in New Plymouth this afternoon as a doctor was found guilty of
26 counts of sexual assault. Fifty-eight-year-old Sri Lankan,
Hiran Fernando was facing 37 charges of sexual offending against 12 female
patients between 1981 and 2002. The jury had been deliberating
since midday on Tuesday. Three of the jurors openly wept as the verdict was
delivered. Dr Fernando was known to most as
an upstanding citizen and won a number of community awards, including the New
Plymouth District Council's citizens award.
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