text: Dr Habeeb Latheef is accused of sexually assaulting three women patients during consultations . A married doctor sexually assaulted three female patients while pretending to carry out medical tests, a court heard yesterday. Habeeb Latheef, 48, told them he needed to place objects in their hands to gauge their level of feeling. Instead the family GP allegedly unzipped his trousers and placed his penis in their grip. The patients had booked appointments with the Indian-born doctor to deal with back pain and pins and needles. Latheef is said to have told the women to turn away from him with their hands behind their backs. He put items in their grip, such as a pen and a key, telling the women this would measure their levels of sensitivity. One of the women suspected he was also using his penis and turned to see him bent over and doing up his zip. The alleged offences came to light in December 2011 when a 37-year-old patient contacted police an hour after her appointment with Latheef. The two other allegations from women relate to that year and to 2008. William Hunter, prosecuting, said these two patients at the Hendford Medical Centre in Yeovil, Somerset, did not contact police because they feared they would not be believed. He told Taunton Crown Court the 37-year-old woman visited Latheef with a stiff neck and headache. After a number of tests, Latheef suggested he should measure her sensitivity. The married GP was working at the Hendford Medical Centre surgery in Yeovil, Somerset, pictured . Latheef is on trial at Taunton Crown Court, pictured above, accused of carrying out the assaults over a four year period . Mr Hunter said: ‘He put a pen in her hand. She felt that. He then put a small key in her hand, she felt that. He then put his finger in her hand. ‘She was able to easily recognise each item. Then he put his penis in her hand. He did this more than once. 'It felt different to all the other items. She knew it was a penis. She was shocked. She asked him what he was putting into her hand. 'As she turned around the defendant was bending over and zipping up his trousers. The defendant said it was his finger.’ Mr Hunter said the mother of two was a ‘mature woman’ and knew exactly what she had felt in her hand. Latheef, of Yeovil, denies three charges of sexual assault between February 2008 and December 2011. The trial continues. Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.
target: Dr Habeeb Latheef is accused of sexually assaulting three of his patients .
  Assaults allegedly happened at Hendford Medical Centre in Yeovil .
  One woman patient, 37, went to see GP with a stiff neck and headache .