He has an office at the South Walkerville Medical Centre.ĭiPietro said El-Tatari continues to practise under the CPSO’s restrictions.Īsked if he considers the #MeToo movement problematic, DiPietro replied: “It’s problematic in the sense that, over time, people’s recollection and reliability on evidence (diminishes)…. He began practising family medicine in 2010. Doctor accused of sexual assault repeatedly denies chargeĮl-Tatari, 45, was educated in Prague and pursued post-graduate medical studies at the University of Western Ontario.Local doctor's examinations included 'boundary violations,' expert testifies.Two more women testify to alleged sexual misconduct by Windsor doctor.Former patients testify in sexual assault trial of Windsor doctor.Windsor doctor charged with sexual assault.“When it comes to doing any type of examination of any patient, whether male or female, it should be necessary to have a chaperone in the examination room, so that in the event of allegations against you, there was a witness present.”Įl-Tatari remains a member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, but his practice has been restricted since June 2017, requiring all his patient interactions to be in the presence of a monitor.ĭiPietro said El-Tatari will undergo a tribunal by CPSO’s discipline committee next year, and has retained Toronto counsel for those hearings. “This is a situation that all doctors should take note of,” DiPietro said on Tuesday. He said the evidence of two other complainants was also deemed unreliable by Campbell.ĭiPietro said Campbell described the evidence of the remaining complainant as “straight forward,” in comparison with the other witnesses - but when the Supreme Court of Canada’s test for credibility was applied, Campbell was left with “reasonable doubt.” “And (Campbell) found the inconsistency to be on major points - not just minor points.” “She had too many inconsistencies with her initial statement,” DiPietro said. Photo by Dan Janisse / WINwpĭiPietro said Campbell outright dismissed the charges associated with two of the complainants because their descriptions of their interactions with El-Tatari were consistent with “following medical procedures.”Ĭampbell then described the evidence of the original complainant - whose allegation led to the first charge in 2015 - as unreliable, DiPietro said. Bassam El-Tatari leaves the Superior Court of Justice in Windsor on April 9, 2018. “The judge found the fact that (El-Tatari) is a doctor and the fact that (the witnesses) were patients was too generic of a similarity to allow for ‘similar fact’ evidence.”Īfter examining witness testimony, Campbell decided that the allegations of each complainant were too different in nature and the timeframe of the alleged incidents was not narrow enough for the Crown’s application to succeed. “That application was dismissed,” DiPietro said. In total, El-Tatari faced six charges of sexual assault.ĭiPietro said Crown prosecutors made a “similar fact” application, arguing that the credibility of one witness bolstered the credibility of the others due to similarity in their allegations. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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