Doctor feared being ‘kidnapped’ by senior colleague after years of harassment

Woman said ‘completely irrational’ behaviour forced her to deactivate phone number and all social media

Doctor has denied five charges of professional misconduct relating to inappropriate contact with female junior colleague. Photo: Stock

Seán McCárthaigh

A hospital doctor has been accused of harassing a junior colleague he met at Mayo University Hospital by repeatedly making romantic overtures over a number of years.

He even allegedly proposed to marry her in what the woman described as a “terrifying” and “chilling” series of calls and texts.