No matter how many times a day she washes, Shafiul Milky’s victim can never cleanse herself of his sexual assault.
A County Court of Victoria jury last month found former Ocean Grove GP Milky, 59, guilty of 15 charges including indecent assault, rape and sexual assault involving six female patients between 2012 and 2019.
At the time he was employed at Ocean Grove Peninsula Family Medical Practice and Home Doctor Service.
Diagnosed with complex post traumatic stress disorder since her ordeal, one of Milky’s victims has been admitted into psychiatric care five times since the now-former doctor sexually assaulted her.
“Awake, asleep, alone or with company – the fear is always with me,” she told the court on Monday.
“I now bathe five times a day – but I still don’t feel clean.”
She is one of at least two victims who have moved interstate in fear of living in the same area as their attacker.
The woman remained stoic as she read her victim impact statement via video-link from regional NSW on Monday.
“I called the police, I called AHPRA (Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency), it was me – I fought back,” she said.
Judge Felicity Hampel said that the victim’s insight during the trial as well as her victim impact read to the court was “quite remarkable”.
“It sounds like you are well on the path of being a survivor and not a victim,” Judge Hampel said.
Another victim, who was assaulted by Milky in her home while seeking after-hours treatment for a swollen ankle and low blood pressure described his actions as deplorable and had scarred her forever.
In sentencing submissions, Milky’s barrister Theo Kassimatis said his client’s career as a doctor was over and that he would likely be deported to New Zealand once his jail sentence was completed.
The Bangledeshi-born GP originally moved to New Zealand in 2000 before gaining his citizenship and taking up a job as a GP in Ocean Grove.
After undertaking extra study to have his qualifications recognised in Australia, he needed to work for 10 years in regional Victoria.
His registration was suspended in September 2019 following a police investigation into allegations against him.
Prosecutor Richard Pirrie described the offences as “serious”, telling the court Milky’s victims were particularly vulnerable, including a new mum and others who needed medical care in their own homes after hours.
The matter was adjourned until April 27 for sentencing.
