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Depraved Ieuan Crump, 27, was jailed after sexually assaulting patients during examinations while working as a trainee health worker at Grange Hospital in Cwmbran
An NHS worker who sexually assaulted two patients at a hospital in Wales has been jailed for nine years. Ieuan Crump, 27, was employed as a trainee health worker at the Grange Hospital in Cwmbran in August 2021.
Crump, from Gwerthonor Lane, Gilfach, Caerphilly, assaulted two separate patients on different occasions while conducting bladder scans as part of his duties. During the trial at Cardiff Crown Court, the jury heard testimony from one of the victims who claimed that Crump sexually assaulted her with his finger while a female health worker was attempting to insert a catheter into her bladder.
Crump later returned to the room alone, without his female colleague, claiming he needed to check for any swelling. He then repeated the previous sexual assault.
A second victim recounted how Crump touched her genitals during a bladder scan and asked if they were sore. He also spread her legs during the procedure.
Crump denied the allegations, but a jury found him guilty of nine counts of sexual assault, including three counts of assault by penetration.
In court, it was suggested to Crump that he “targeted two vulnerable women” and chose not to wear gloves during examinations. He refuted these allegations, insisting he wore the necessary PPE at all times.
In a victim personal statement read to the court, one woman described how her life has felt like a “nightmare” since the assault. She said: “The main emotional effect of the sexual assaults has been the negative effect on my mental health.
“I felt there was no way to escape the intrusive thoughts of what he did to me, this led me to try and take my life on three occasions. I just wanted my life to be over, so I didn’t have to relive what was in my head, of what Ieuan did to me.
“I feel very uncomfortable when I am treated by anyone in the medical profession, as I now trust no-one, least of all medics. I have been living in a nightmare since this time… I feel like I’m a shell of the person that I used to be.”
Another woman said Crump’s actions had made her “untrusting” of men. In a victim personal statement read to the court, she said: “It has made me think that, if a healthcare worker can commit such an act, then any man is a threat.
“I do not want to be treated by the NHS or go back to the Grange.”
Addressing Crump, Judge Vanessa Francis said: “You are someone who had effectively given your life to healthcare services… Who was dedicated and seemed to have your whole future ahead.
“The fact of the matter was that you were also someone who was quite socially isolated, someone who perhaps found it difficult to fit in with others, and someone who displayed a certain amount of arrogance.
“Under the guise of medical treatment, you sexually assaulted (your victims). Both young women involved in the treatment that you meted out have been utterly devastated by what you did to them.
“You examined parts of both young women’s bodies which were not required, you did not wear gloves because you wanted skin to skin contact with each of them.
“There is a breach of trust in this case which is of the most extreme kind, you manipulated extremely vulnerable women, in significant amounts of pain.”
Judge Francis sentenced Crump to nine years in prison and said he would be barred from working with children and vulnerable people in the future.
Michael Jenkin, of the Crown Prosecution Service, said: “Ieuan Crump exploited his position of power over two women when they were at their most vulnerable, for his own sexual gratification.
“His actions were an extreme breach of trust which was calculated and deliberate.
“The courage shown by the two women in giving their evidence to the jury allowed the Crown Prosecution Service to present a strong case, resulting in these convictions, and we thank them for their support.”
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