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Watkin Road, Leicester, Leicester City, LE2
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A man, who was working as a nurse at a Leicester hospital, has been sentenced today (Friday 5 December) for sexual assault.
The sentencing, at Leicester Crown Court, follows Telmo Ribeiro, being found guilty of the offences in October this year after a lengthy police investigation and subsequent trial.
Ribeiro committed the offences at the Leicester Royal Infirmary while he was working in the neurology ward. The offences relate to an adult female victim who was a patient in the hospital at the time.
During trial Ribeiro pleaded guilty to three computer misuse offences and one count of a data protection offence after images of medical records were found on his phone following his arrest.
Ribeiro had denied the sexual offences but was found guilty by a jury in October, following a trial at the same court.
The conviction of two counts of sexual assault offences relate to 2020 when Ribeiro sexually touched a woman (on two separate occasions) who was a patient in the hospital.
Ribeiro was arrested in 2020 and as part of the investigation, his phone was examined which led to the images of medical records being found. Some of these were photos of computer screens showing medical information while others were images of paper documents.
After a long and complex investigation, during which officers worked closely with University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Ribeiro, 38, of Watkin Road, Leicester was charged two years later, in May 2022.
He was jailed today (Friday 5 December) for two years. He was also made subject to a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) and placed on the Sex Offenders Register for 10 years.
The officer in the case Detective Constable James Moxon worked alongside Detective Sergeant Phil Brind-Surch from Leicestershire Police.
DC Moxon said:
“Telmo Ribeiro was in a trusted position and abused this trust in the most horrendous way. His actions are truly shocking, and my thoughts are with the victim of these crimes. Ribeiro should have been there to care for her and help her. He has shown no remorse, carrying out these offences and then denying the offences ever happened.
“The victim has shown true dignity and courage in speaking with us and helping to bring Riberio before the courts for his crimes. She bravely spoke to us about the horrific attacks she had endured and worked with us to secure these convictions. I truly thank her for that.”