Doctor 'had sex with several women in GP practice' and used one as 'sex object'
A woman has told a tribunal she was the victim of a sex addict doctor who groomed her into having intercourse every week to help his boredom - which has “scarred her for life”.
Thomas Plimmer, 40, has been accused of having sex with multiple women at his GP practice and faces accusations from half a dozen complainants, including from a colleague who says their weekly sex meetings at the practice in Swindon, Wiltshire, were "unwanted" and sometimes forced. During cross examination today at a Medical Practioners Tribunal, a woman who was referred to as Miss A outlined how she felt "groomed" by the doctor into becoming a "sex object for a sex addict." She told the hearing she would "bear the scars" for life.
She said Dr Plimmer would only target "vulnerable" women and claimed it was all about "power." During cross examination, Miss A argued everything she was said to have "consented" was "coerced" and added: "There were multiple non-consensual acts."
Plimmer is subject to a series of allegations from at least half a dozen women (ENTERPRISE NEWS AND PICTURES)
The tribunal into the case is ongoing (ENTERPRISE NEWS AND PICTURES)She was asked about the early stages of their "flirting" and the sending of sexual videos and photos between her and Dr Plimmer and said she felt "under pressure to provide visual material." The tribunal heard the messages contained a lot of food-related sexual innuendos and would often reference what was "on the menu."
They included references to being "really hungry" and "menu choices" while the hearing was also told he had referred to his penis as a "sausage roll." Miss A added: "It was just jokey conversations with a lot of wordplay on food. I see my stupidity; I see my innuendo. I've not at any point denied there was a sexual based dynamic. What I allege is there are other factors that led to me complying with this."
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Miss A said she felt like a "sex-based object that kept a sex addict from being bored. She added: "I was very compliant at the time. I don't deny this, but how I ended up in that role is different. He knew he was in a position of power. We had had other conversations about my isolation and the way I responded to people. Then when I said no to touching me, he did. I said no to penetration and he did. What he likes is power. This is all about power. As a man in a position of power to me it was completely ingrained, it was self-protection, it was easier to do what you are asked. Generally, things are safer that way.
"Do I accept I could have reacted differently in certain circumstances? - yes, I do - but I feel I did the best I could with the limited skills that I had. I was effectively in some ways still a five-year-old girl being told what to do. I did not know anything other than abusive men."
The tribunal is examining allegations that during the period May 2018 to September 2019, Plimmer behaved in a sexually motivated way towards Miss A, whom he knew to be vulnerable. It is also alleged that between January to June 2020 and in February 2021, he behaved in a sexually motivated way towards four other women.
It is further alleged in March 2021, he made a threat towards another woman. The tribunal earlier heard the doctor went on to invite two women he met on dating sites to the surgery where he engaged in sex acts with them during working hours. On a separate occasion, he is accused of sending unsolicited pictures of genitals that were 'taken at work' to another woman he met on a dating site.
The hearing continues.
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