Bogus doctor, 25, sexually assaulted pensioner in home

BOGUS doctor Yaqub Hussain sexually assaulted an 82-year-old widow in her own home while "examining" her.

The 25-year-old managed to get hold of the pensioner's phone number and called to arrange to visit her bungalow in the south of Stoke-on-Trent on January 8 last year.
The city's crown court heard yesterday how the elderly woman suffers from deep vein thrombosis, angina, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – for which she requires oxygen and has several tanks – and depression.

Hussain called her on four occasions before he arrived, telling her he would take her some medication.
Prosecutor Robert Price said: "He kept saying, 'I will be with you soon, lovely, do not worry, I am on my way'.

"When she opened the door, he said he was the doctor. She thought he was genuine.
"He asked if he could wash his hands. He put his hands on her forehead and felt her pulse on her wrist. He felt her chest over her clothing and said she possibly had an infection. He asked her to lift up her top."
Mr Price said the woman did what Hussain asked as "he was really convincing".
It was when Hussain inappropriately touched the pensioner when he claimed to be examining her abdomen that she realised he was a conman.

Mr Price added: "She became frightened and started to panic. She jumped off the settee and demanded he showed some identification. He said he would go and get it and left."
The distressed woman called her daughter and the police were soon alerted.
The court heard the elderly victim is now frightened to answer her phone or front door and is too scared to go out on her own.

Before the assault, Hussain fetched the pensioner some water when she started coughing – a move which helped police trace him.
The mug Hussain used was examined for DNA and a profile was obtained which matched his. Analysis of his mobile phone also linked him to the crime.
Hussain, of Thorpe Road, Walsall, pleaded guilty to sexual assault.
His counsel, Talbir Singh, said it was a repugnant piece of behaviour but said Hussain, a married father-of-one, was not mentally unstable and has not offended in this way before.
He said the shame of the offence will outlive any sentence and argued Hussain was not a dangerous offender.

But Judge Paul Glenn said Hussain displayed little empathy for his victim and classed him as dangerous.
"This is an appalling case," said the judge. "You deliberately targeted an elderly victim. It would be difficult to pick a much more vulnerable victim.
"It was planned and predatory behaviour."
He sentenced Hussain to an indeterminate sentence. He must serve a minimum of two years and three months before he can be considered for release, but the judge said the actual term he would serve would be significantly longer.