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Former police doc ‘sexually assaulted’ staff
A former Bristol doctor employed by the police sexually assaulted members of the force, according to allegations under investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).
Dr Reginald Bunting, who died in 2013, is accused of sexual offences by a number of present Avon and Somerset police staff who claim their complaints throughout the 1990s were not properly investigated.
Dr Bunting worked for the force from 1972-2006. He was also a GP at Gloucester Road surgery in Bristol between 1962-1990. He reportedly assaulted cadets during routine medical examinations.
The IPCC has now launched an investigation into the way the complaints were handled by Avon and Somerset Constabulary after the force referred the allegations to the watchdog in July this year.
IPCC Commissioner Cindy Butts said: “We have decided to independently investigate how the complaints made by serving officers about Dr Bunting were dealt with on several occasions in 1990 and 1995. The IPCC is not investigating the sexual assault allegations against Dr Bunting.”
An independent, retired officer from Merseyside Police is leading the criminal investigation into the sexual assault allegations against Dr Bunting, which is likely to come to a conclusion in early 2016.
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