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Consultant admits raft of child sexual offences

Caroline Gall
BBC News, West Midlands
PA Media Dr Isles is wearing a suit and tie as he leaves the court. He is captured in a side-on view and is looking away from the camera. He has short brown hair and glasses on.PA Media
Former hospital consultant Dr Matthew Isles at an earlier hearing at North Staffordshire Justice Centre

A former hospital consultant has pleaded guilty to multiple sex offences, including attempting to incite a girl to engage in sexual activity and possessing extreme pornographic images.

Dr Matthew Isles, from Whiston near Cheadle, worked at the Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford as an ear, nose and throat specialist.

The 53-year-old was arrested in February and subsequently charged with a number of offences. He admitted 12 counts at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on Monday.

He will be sentenced at the same court on 13 August.

The charges include voyeurism, possessing a paedophile manual, distributing indecent images of a child, making indecent images and possessing a prohibited image of a child.

The University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) had previously confirmed Mr Isles was no longer an employee and said it had fully co-operated with police in the investigation.

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