Doctor using 'spy watch' to record himself abusing patients jailed for 12 yrs

A family doctor who used to record himself abusing female patients using a secret camera hidden inside his wristwatch, has been jailed for 12 years after admitting a string of sex charges.

Dr Davinder Jeet Bains, 46, used his position as a GP at a medical practice in Royal Wootton Bassett, near Wiltshire, to assault more than two dozen women, reports the Guardian.

The watch has a built-in camera on the face, and can be bought online for less than 60 pounds.

Bains committed offences against 27 women - aged from 14 to 51 - between July 2010 and May 2012.

Detectives branded Bains a "sexual predator" and said he had covertly filmed more than 100 women.

Bains admitted a total of 39 charges: 13 of assault by penetration, 13 of voyeurism, 11 of sexual assault and two of sexual activity with a child. He also asked for a further 65 offences - 10 of sexual assault by penetration, eight of sexual assault and 47 of voyeurism - to be taken into account when Judge Douglas Field passed sentence.

He pleaded not guilty to three charges of sexual assault and a single count of administering a noxious drug with intent to commit a sexual offence.

The police investigation began in June last year when a 19-year-old woman told officers she thought Bains had filmed her as she showered and said she had been sexually assaulted by him in Swindon.

When detectives arrested Bains at the Tinkers Lane Surgery in Royal Wootton Bassett, they discovered his hi-tech wristwatch with spy camera. They later recovered 361 high-quality video clips from Bains's watch and home computer.

Detective Inspector Mark Garrett, head of Swindon CID, said he welcomed the sentencing of Bains. He called Bains' activities "a gross abuse of a position of trust".