A Sydney-based doctor has told a jury that allegations he sexually or indecently assaulted 16 female patients are incorrect, untrue and “absolutely wrong”. While under cross-examination at Downing Centre District Court on Thursday, general practitioner Sharif Fattah also dismissed the Crown’s suggestion his medical records from the time “don’t fairly and accurately reflect” everything that happened. “I strongly disagree,” Fattah said to prosecutor Tony McCarthy. “There is no reason for me to believe that my notes are inaccurate.” The 62-year-old, who was a GP in New Zealand for 20 years, has pleaded not guilty to 30 charges of sexual and indecent assault allegedly committed for his own sexual gratification over six months from September 2016. Fattah started working at a health centre in Sydney earlier that year. The female complainants, who were all patients at the medical practice, are aged between 19 and 40.
