The patient told police that Mr. Crump asked her if the last person she slept with was a boy or a girl.

Matthew Roberts, prosecuting, said: “This was someone you were sexually interested in.”

“No,” replied Mr. Crump.

Mr Roberts said the patient became so upset she wanted to leave, before being seen by a medical registrar – after which she ran to her mother.

The court heard the patient told police she remembered being touched intimately by Mr Crump, who was not wearing gloves.

“Your hands were shaking. She asked if you were OK. You said you had too much caffeine,” Mr Roberts said.

“Did you ever say that?”

Mr. Crump replied, “No.”

The court heard Mr Crump made “no trespassing” signs for rooms in the unit on his day off – an idea he said he got from other wards at the hospital.

Rooms in the unit have metal louvered doors that can be pulled down if patients need privacy during intimate examinations and procedures.

“There was no need for the signs to be made,” Mr Roberts said. “Nobody said ‘John please do the signs.’

“Was it to dignify patient care or to make sure you could get away with abuse?

“You took full advantage, that’s the truth.”

Mr. Crump replied, “No.”

The process continues.