Krishna Singh denies more than 60 sexually-related charges against patients, mainly in North Lanarkshire.
A doctor accused of a string of sex offences against his patients claimed he has "regret" for some of his actions.He told the High Court in Glasgow he sometimes did not get consent before examinations and often carried them out without a chaperone present.They are alleged to have taken place between 1983 and 2018, mainly at medical practices in North Lanarkshire.
The doctor told jurors that he would ask patients about their sexual activity before prescribing the contraceptive pill, often using what he described as "local language". Janice Green, defending, asked: "Taking consent from a patient and you are going to examine for one reason or another, what does consent mean to you?"
He replied: "When I joined the practice, I did not get consent for doing the examination, but when I look back I realise on reflection that I should have taken more consent and been more careful."He further claimed to have lifted up patients' dresses when he was "in a rush" or was "under pressure" before an examination.The doctor earlier told the court that his wife became his Coatbridge surgery's practice manager in 2009 after the previous person left.