Thiruvananthapuram | A special fast-track court here on Wednesday convicted a 59-year-old clinical psychologist for sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy when he was being treated for psychological issues.
The Special Fast-track court judge Aaj Sudarsan found Dr K Gireesh guilty of sexually abusing the minor boy in a private clinic near his house here during the 2015-17 period, prosecutor R S Vijaya Mohan said.
The same court had sentenced the accused to six years of rigorous imprisonment in a similar case a year ago. He was granted bail by the high court later.
The quantum of punishment will be delivered on Thursday, he said.
The prosecution case was that during the period from December 6, 2015, to February 21, 2017, the child was sexually abused when he was brought to the psychologist for counselling.
After the incident, the minor boy's mental condition became more serious. Then the accused referred the case to other doctors and threatened the minor not to divulge the incident.
As a result, the child got scared and did not speak out.
The family then consulted many other psychologists. In 2019, the child was admitted to the psychiatry department of the Medical College Hospital here and when the doctors took the case history, the boy told them about the incident.
It was also alleged that the accused used to show the child obscene videos on the phone.
