A doctor facing rape charges has been refused bail. The doctor, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested on March 24 and charged with eight counts of rape, as well as attempting to pervert the course of justice. It will be alleged that one count of rape was committed against a patient in 2012. The doctor faces a total 25 charges before the court, 13 of which he was already on bail for when the fresh charges were laid. His charges include eight counts of rape, two counts of assault occasioning bodily harm, five counts of breach of bail conditions, four counts of common assault, taking reprisal, threatening violence and wilful damage. A bail application was made in the Townsville Magistrates Court last week but Magistrate Scott Luxton reserved his decision until this afternoon.
