Mohan Babu: Havant GP found guilty of sexually assaulting three women

A former GP has been found guilty of sexual assaults against three women. Mohan Babu, 47, from Emsworth, was found guilty of four offences of non-penetrative sexual assaults following a trial at Portsmouth Crown Court on Wednesday (January 31).

The assaults took place between September 2019 and July 2021, when Babu was working as a GP in the Havant area. The women were receiving medical treatment at the time of the offences.

In addition, Babu was found not guilty of three offences of sexual assault against a further two women. He has been conditionally bailed to appear at Portsmouth Crown Court on Friday, April 12 for sentencing.

The GP reportedly targeted the three women - the youngest of whom was 19 - at the surgery where he worked alongside his doctor wife, inappropriately touching them and making "creepy" comments. A receptionist he previously worked with said the doctor of 20 years had grabbed her and boasted that he was "a lion going to eat her", a court heard.

Babu was the most-complained about doctor at the surgery and had repeated warnings over his behaviour, jurors were told. Portsmouth Crown Court heard five other women including a receptionist at his former workplace complained about his 'over familiar' behaviour, however criminal proceedings were not brought in relation to their complaints.

All of the women he allegedly assaulted asked for a new GP. Prosecutor Miranda Moore KC told the court Babu targeted "vulnerable" women after he joined the surgery as a locum doctor in April 2018.