{"id":18172,"date":"2024-12-12T03:04:24","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T04:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=18172"},"modified":"2024-12-12T04:28:19","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T04:28:19","slug":"woman-says-struck-off-sex-gp-tried-to-choke-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=18172","title":{"rendered":"Woman says struck-off sex GP tried to &#8216;choke&#8217; her"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 ejjhCR\">\n<div data-testid=\"hero-image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0357d040-86f9-11ef-bfa2-adeae0a2b0b1.jpg.webp\" alt=\"SWNS Thomas Plimmer appearing at Medical and Healthcare Practitioners Tribunal this year. He is wearing a dark suit and blue shirt. He has brown hair. He is looking away from camera.\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\" \/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">SWNS<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\"><b id=\"warning:\" class=\"sc-7dcfb11b-0 kVRnKf\"><i id=\"warning:\" class=\"sc-7dcfb11b-0 kKcaog\">Warning:<!-- --><\/i><\/b><i id=\"this-article-contains-text-of-a-sexual-nature\" class=\"sc-7dcfb11b-0 kKcaog\"> This article contains text of a sexual nature<!-- --><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">A woman says a GP who was struck off for having sex with multiple women at his surgery attempted to choke her during sex.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The woman, who does not want to be named, met Thomas Plimmer on a dating app in 2017.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">She claimed that when they were having sex at her home on a second date, he &#8220;started squeezing my throat&#8221; without her consent. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Mr Plimmer said that under legal advice he was unable to  comment due to his  ongoing appeal against being struck off.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">During a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) hearing, the former GP  admitted sending explicit content to colleagues, having sex during working hours and behaving inappropriately around women.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\"><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cq5nz07z2y3o\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\">The tribunal<!-- --><\/a> made the decision about Mr Plimmer &#8211; who worked in Swindon &#8211; after several women complained to the General Medical Council (GMC) and Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Documents from the hearing in 2023 show he faced allegations from several women between May 2018 and February 2021 and was described by the GMC as an &#8220;accomplished liar&#8221; when it came to the women.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/d4240140-6ba5-11ef-8bbe-9d562c76da7e.png.webp\" alt=\"A woman who fears she had indecent images taken over her talking to Health Correspondent Matthew Hill\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Speaking exclusively to the BBC, the woman said that on their second date at her home she had opened the door and &#8220;he came in and he pushed me up against the wall and had his hand on my throat&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;I was a little concerned as we had not had any discussion about that and he was kissing me quite forcefully as well,&#8221; she said.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;I did make it known that was not of any interest to me and he did apologise so I allowed him to stay in my house as he did seem genuinely remorseful.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">But later when they were having sex, she said: &#8220;He was behind me and grabbed hold of my throat and started squeezing my throat, which again was not something that had been discussed or that I was comfortable with. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;So I was trying to dig my hand behind his hand and he did let go.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">She added: &#8220;I was worried he was going to cut off my airway. I was kind of held, literally held with one hand on the whole of my throat from behind and obviously that is not a very comfortable angle, it is not something we had discussed.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\"><i id=\"if-you-have-been-affected-by-this-story,-help-can-be-found-at\" class=\"sc-7dcfb11b-0 kKcaog\">If you have been affected by this story, help can be found at <!-- --><\/i><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/actionline\/\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\"><i id=\"bbc-action-line\" class=\"sc-7dcfb11b-0 kKcaog\">BBC Action Line<!-- --><\/i><\/a><i id=\".\" class=\"sc-7dcfb11b-0 kKcaog\">.<!-- --><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">She also claimed Mr Plimmer sent her pictures and videos of him having sex with more than one woman. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">She said: &#8220;About six of them [the images]  were completely out of my comfort zone and I was quite shocked and disgusted to be perfectly honest. So I ended up blocking him.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"sc-518485e5-0 kRvAla\">Sex addict<!-- --><\/h2>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The woman said she was concerned she may have been filmed because of seeing Mr Plimmer with his phone during intimate moments. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">She said she had complained to his medical practice in Swindon.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The women then looked Mr Plimmer up online and discovered he had written an article about being a self-confessed sex addict.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In the MPTS hearing, Dr Plimmer admitted having sex with other colleagues during working hours and sending unsolicited intimate pictures &#8211; taken at work &#8211; to another woman.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">It was proven that Mr Plimmer had threatened one of the women, telling another that if one &#8220;takes me to the GMC, I\u2019ll slit her throat. I know where she lives.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In 2018, the tribunal found he had walked into the office of a colleague &#8211; known as Miss A &#8211; and unexpectedly showed her a video of him having sex with another woman. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">It also found he had placed her hand on his groin without her consent after he told her: &#8220;I have something that would cheer you up.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Mr Plimmer has declined to comment on the woman&#8217;s allegations. He says this is because of his forthcoming appeal against being struck off by the GMC.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--$!--><!--\/$--><\/p>\n<div data-component=\"links-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 jVHuOl\">\n<div class=\"sc-93223220-0 sc-46222299-0 ctbOlq hmFIuq\"><span data-testid=\"links-title\" class=\"sc-46222299-2 gdGcRT\">More on this story<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SWNSWarning:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18172"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18177,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18172\/revisions\/18177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}