Woman says sex-obsessed GP tried to strangle her
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A woman says a GP who was sacked after having sex with multiple women during his surgery attempted to strangle her during sex.
The woman, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, met Thomas Plimmer on a dating app in 2017.
She claimed that while they were having sex at her house on a second date, he “began to strangle me” without her consent.
Mr Plimmer said he was unable to comment due to the ongoing appeal against the name removal under legal advice.
During a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) hearing, the former GP admitted sending explicit material to colleagues, having sex during working hours and behaving inappropriately with women.
tribunal The decision about Mr Plimmer, who worked in Swindon, was taken after several women complained to the General Medical Council (GMC) and the Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Documents from the 2023 hearing show he faced allegations from multiple women between May 2018 and February 2021, and that GMC described him as a “complete liar” when it came to the women.
Speaking exclusively to the BBC, the woman said that on a second date at his house she opened the door and “he came in and he pushed me against the wall and put his hand around my throat”.
She said, “I was a little worried because we hadn’t discussed it and he was kissing me quite forcefully.”
“I made it known I was not interested and he apologized so I allowed him to stay in my house because he was genuinely remorseful.”
But later when they were having sex, she said: “He was behind me and he grabbed my throat and started choking me, which again was not something that was discussed or that I was comfortable with. .
“So I was trying to put my hand behind her hand and she let go.”
She continued, “I was worried that he was going to cut off my airway. I was held down in a way, literally holding my entire throat from behind with one hand and obviously that’s not a very comfortable angle, it That’s not something we discussed.”
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She also claimed that Mr Plimmer had sent her photographs and videos of him having sex with more than one woman.
She said: “About six of them (images) were completely out of my comfort zone and I was completely shocked and honestly disappointed. So I blocked him.”
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The woman said she was worried she might have been filmed because she saw Mr Plimmer with his phone during the intimate moments.
She said she had complained to his medical practice in Swindon.
The women then looked up Mr Plimmer online and discovered he had written an article about himself being a sex addict.
At the MPTS hearing, Dr Plimmer admitted having sex with other colleagues during working hours and sending unsolicited intimate photographs – taken while at work – to another woman.
It was proved that Mr Plimmer had threatened one woman, telling another that if anyone “took me to the GMC, I’d cut her throat. I know where she lives.”
In 2018, the tribunal found that he had walked into the office of a colleague – known as Miss A – and unexpectedly shown her a video of him having sex with another woman.
He was also found to have placed her hand on his waist without her consent after he told her: “I have something that will make you happy.”
Mr Plimmer has declined to comment on the woman’s allegations. He says this is because of his upcoming appeal against the removal of the name by GMC.
