David King
AN Iraqi-trained doctor who claimed to be the victim of an anti-Muslim conspiracy has been jailed for 13 years for drugging and raping a patient.
Rafid Alramadan, 55, was sentenced yesterday in the NSW District Court after he was found guilty of giving a woman in the NSW country town of Grenfell an injection of the stupefying drug valium and having non-consensual sex with her.
The victim, a patient of about 12 months, had visited Alramadan in December 2005 when the surgery was closed to pick up a driver's licence and had asked the doctor to give her a cortisone injection for knee pain.
But rather than administer the drug in the affected area, Alramadan gave her two injections in the arm, which left her feeling "hazy" and too weak to fight him off.
Alramadan then kissed and fondled her before raping her.
He was convicted in September of administering a stupefying drug, aggravated sexual intercourse without consent and aggravated indecent assault.
After being convicted at trial, the doctor accused the judge and jury of racism.
Right on cue. It's like a beautiful Busby Berkeley choregraphy.
"This is because I am a Muslim. This is because I am from overseas. They go overseas to kill people, they want to kill me and my children, this is racism," he said.
In court yesterday, Alramadan sat with his head bowed as judge Anthony Puckeridge told him he had brought disgrace on himself and his family.
He said the doctor had abused his patient's trust, and "abused his privileged position in the community by administering a drug for an improper purpose".
During his trial, Alramadan said he had consensual sex with his patient, who he described as uncovered meat a "drug seeker".
Alramadan will be eligible for parole in December 2016, 9 years after the aborted coming of the mahdi, who got stuck in that well.
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