Doctor shared surgery image on dating profile
Getty ImagesA doctor has been found guilty by a tribunal of making racist statements about others, assaulting a woman and behaving "in a threatening, abusive and sexually motivated manner towards her."
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) found that Sayed Talibi, from Tamworth, also uploaded a picture of himself operating on a patient to his dating profile, without the patient's permission.
The MPTS determined on Wednesday that Dr Talibi's fitness to practise was impaired.
A decision on what sanctions will be taken is due to be made in August.
Dr Talibi's tribunal began with a three-week hearing in April 2024 after the General Medical Council (GMC) brought a case against him.
A further hearing took place the following November and December, with another in January this year.
The tribunal found that Dr Talibi:
- between 2016 and 2017, behaved in a threatening or abusive manner towards a woman, including stating that he would subject her to waterboarding
- between 2016 and 2017, physically assaulted the woman
- in 2017, intentionally penetrated the woman without her consent
- contacted the woman in 2018 in breach of a non-molestation order
- uploaded an inappropriate picture of himself to a dating website in September 2017, which showed him performing brain surgery and included the exposed brain of the patient, without the patient's permission
- illegally recorded his own hearing at Birmingham Magistrates' Court in January 2017 when he was due to be sentenced for driving offences
- between January 2016 and August 2017, made racist or derogatory statements including "I hate Afghan culture" and "I hate kuffar [non-Muslims] and white people", or words to that effect
- posed for photographs between 2007 and 2017 while holding guns, knives and an axe
- on more than one occasion downloaded and/or viewed video footage of beheadings and killings and an image of a waterboarding device
- stole £23.50 worth of milk powder from a branch of Asda in Tamworth in May 2017
- provided false information to his energy provider over a £770 energy bill in June 2017
The MPTS found that Dr Talibi's behaviour risked bringing the profession into disrepute and determined that his fitness to practise was impaired.
The tribunal is due to reconvene on 6 August, when Dr Talibi could be banned from practising medicine or have his medical registration suspended.
The MPTS may also choose to take no further action against him.
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