A doctor accused of raping a patient has been granted bail and barred from entering Townsville for any reason other than attending court. The doctor, who cannot be named for legal reasons, faces 25 charges, including eight counts of rape, two counts of assault occasioning bodily harm, four counts of common assault, threatening violence, wilful damage and perverting the course of justice. One of the rape charges relates to an incident in 2012 where it will be alleged the doctor inserted his fingers into a woman’s vagina while she was in a consultation room at a Townsville medical centre. The other seven rape charges stem from complaints from another woman. It will also be alleged the doctor attempted to intimidate a witness into withdrawing a complaint against him, which led to him being charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice. He has been in custody since his arrest on March 24 this year and has twice been denied bail, most recently on April 30 when Townsville Supreme Court Justice David North ruled the man too great a risk of reoffending. However, appearing before Townsville Supreme Court again yesterday, the doctor was successful in obtaining bail.
