A married physician who raped a scholar nurse after contacting her via a courting web site was jailed on Wednesday for 4 years.
Dr Manesh Gill, 39, carried out the intercourse assault on the sufferer after luring her to a resort bed room in Stirling on December 8 in 2018.
A decide advised Gill that the lady had described "a distressing and horrifying encounter" which lasted for a few hours.
Lord Tyre mentioned: "You don't have any prison file and you've got clearly been a valued member of the medical career."
However the decide mentioned he was in "little doubt" that the gravity of the offence might solely be marked by the imposition of a custodial sentence.
He advised Gill that he could be positioned on the intercourse offenders' register indefinitely following his sentencing.
The Excessive Courtroom in Edinburgh heard that Gill went onto the Tinder web site calling himself 'Mike' earlier than saying he "superliked" the younger girl's profile on the courting app previous to their assembly.
The lady mentioned that he obtained her to go to his room to make use of a bathroom and poured her a "actually sturdy" pink gin and lemonade earlier than she was attacked.
Throughout proof at Gill's earlier trial she fought again tears as she described how she was sexually assaulted as her physique "shut down".
She advised prosecutor Stephanie Ross: "He was on prime of me. I used to be making an attempt to push him off. I could not."
"I simply felt like my complete physique was caught to the mattress. He was having intercourse with me. I needed to go dwelling. I felt as if I could not transfer. I could not do something," she mentioned.
Father-of-three Gill, of Corstorphine, in Edinburgh, who labored as a health care provider within the metropolis, admitted that he introduced a condom, Viagra and a bottle of the lady's favorite drink - pink gin - to the resort.
The GP had denied raping the lady however was earlier unanimously convicted of the intercourse crime dedicated when the sufferer was incapable of giving or withholding consent.
Jurors deleted an allegation that Gill administered an intoxicating substance to the sufferer, who was unable to manage her actions.
The courtroom heard that following his arrest he advised a colleague that he was frightened police would discover morphine within the girl's system.
The lady, now 23, advised the courtroom that Gill had "superliked" her profile on the courting web site and so they messaged one another via Snapchat for about six weeks earlier than assembly on the resort.
She mentioned that through the assembly she was wonderful and mentioned: "I did not really feel uncomfortable or something." She had three or 4 gins through the night and Gill was ingesting one thing that "regarded like cola combined with one thing".
She wanted to make use of a bathroom however Gill advised her that public bathrooms on the resort have been out of order and invited her to make use of the one in his room.
"I took his phrase for it. I believed he was simply being good. I did not suppose something of it. It was wonderful," she mentioned.
She obtained right into a elevate with Gill and travelled to his room the place she seen the bottle of pink gin and a bottle of vodka. She used the toilet and got here out to seek out that Gill had made her a drink. She took just a few sips as she mentioned it was "actually sturdy".
The lady mentioned: "I simply felt like my physique was heavy and I simply felt sleepy and drained as if I needed to go to mattress."
She mentioned she advised Gill 'no' and 'cease it' through the assault. She finally managed to stand up and went to the toilet. She mentioned: "I got here out of the toilet and mentioned 'I do know what you have been doing to me'." She left the resort and contacted police.
Gill claimed that the intercourse was consensual and mentioned: "I am a married man with knowledgeable job and I used to be assembly ladies on dates. I did not need it related with my job or my spouse."
Defence solicitor advocate Iain McSporran mentioned Gill maintained his denial of the offence. He mentioned Gill was "tremendously revered and valued" as a GP.
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