Ex-consultant in court over multiple sex offences
BBCA former hospital consultant has appeared in court charged with voyeurism, attempting to incite a teenage girl to engage in sexual activity, and making indecent images of children.
Dr Matthew Isles worked at the Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford as an ear, nose and throat specialist before his arrest in February.
The 53-year-old, of Whiston, near Cheadle, Staffordshire, was told at the North Staffordshire Justice Centre hearing that 13 new charges would be joined with similar allegations already being dealt with at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on 16 June.
The University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) confirmed Mr Isles was no longer an employee.
He is further charged with attempting to incite a 15-year-old girl to engage in sexual activity, possessing extreme pornographic images portraying sex acts involving a person and live animals, three counts of distributing indecent images of children via messaging apps, and one of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child.
Magistrates were told on Wednesday that the former medic was also charged with observing a person doing a private act in 2023 for sexual gratification by recording them without consent, three counts of making indecent images of a child, one of possessing prohibited images of a child, and one of possessing extreme pornographic images "portraying an act likely to result in serious injury to person's private parts".
The remaining new charge alleges that he was in possession of a "paedophile manual movie" in February this year at Whiston "which contained advice or guidance" about sexual abuse.
Mr Isles was granted conditional bail to appear at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court next month.
The hospital trust has said it was fully cooperating with police in the investigation.
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