UPDATE Thursday, April 2: Former Bunbury doctor Ranjit Kumar Panda, 59, has been acquitted of molesting two female patients when he was a GP at Forrest Family Practice in 2012.
A verdict has not been reached on charges relating to eight other women in Perth District Court today.
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A two week trial has started in the Perth District Court for a former Bunbury doctor charged with sexually assaulting 10 female patients.
Ranjit Kumar Panda, 59, was a GP at the Forrest Family Practice in 2012 when he was charged with 20 counts of indecent assault and five counts of sexual penetration without consent.
He has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges.
The 10 victims are expected to appear in the court to talk about the incidents which are understood to allegedly consist of genital fondling and kissing.
Prosecutor Linda Keane told the jury on Monday that the women were not known to each other and presented similar stories of abuse.
The youngest patient alleging abuse was 17 years old.
The court heard that in several instances, Panda told his patients he wanted to give them Pap smears and examine their breasts, even when some of the women had come to him for other minor health problems.
Defence lawyer Simon Watters said Dr Panda, a qualified heart surgeon, denies the charges and his colleagues had become jealous of his success.
In November, the court lifted a suppression order which had previously prevented Dr Panda from being identified.
