A bid by prosecutors to extend the sentence of a GP jailed for a sex attack on a teenager has failed – despite one of Scotland's top judges admitting the initial sentence was "lenient".Manesh Gill, 39, was convicted unanimously of rape in a Stirling hotel in December 2018 following a trial at the High Court last year.
The married dad-of-three sought out the woman on Tinder, giving a false name and posing as a 23-year-old to arrange a meeting.Gill, from Edinburgh, met the young woman at the hotel bar on December 8 2018, where they had drinks before she tried to leave via a visit to the toilet.
But the predatory doctor lied and claimed the loos were out of order in order to entice her back to a room he had booked in advance.She used the bathroom in his room before Gill plied her with a mug he claimed contained pink gin, which she later told the court had been "very strong".
He took a Viagra as the victim began feeling "tired and heavy", before subjecting her to a prolonged and horrific rape ordeal during which she drifted in and out of consciousness.Hotel night porters found her sitting outside "distraught" and in tears, unwilling to go back inside.
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