Norway: Doctor Arne Bye jailed for raping and assaulting patients

Arne Bye is sentenced to 21 years in prison for abusing his position to conduct inappropriate exams.

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Former GP Arne Bye was convicted of 70 counts of rape and sexual assault. He was also convicted of 82 counts of abusing his position as a doctor, Norwegian media report.

Nearly all of the offences took place during medical examinations that Bye carried out on his patients while he worked as a physician in the small town of Frosta - a tiny community of fewer than 3,000 residents, near Trondheim on the west coast of Norway.

Bye was also banned from practising medicine and ordered to pay compensation.

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