Gynaecologist ‘raped 87 patients, aged 14 to 67, & secretly filmed examinations’ for 20 years in case that rocked Norway

A FORMER gynaecologist has been accused of raping 87 women astatine his country and filming the attacks for 20 years successful a enactment maltreatment ungraded that has rocked Norway.

Arne Bye, 55, is lasting proceedings implicit grim accusations of intersexual maltreatment - including against 2 children who were aged 14 and 15 astatine the clip of the alleged assaults.

The oldest women was 67 erstwhile Bye allegedly raped her.

He has pleaded blameworthy to 3 counts of rape and 35 cases of maltreatment of presumption - facing up to 21 years down bars.

Cops seized implicit 6,000 hours of footage during their investigation, including of his gynaecological examinations.

They were allegedly carried retired connected patients without their cognition which officials described arsenic "sensitive and detailed".

Bye allegedly inserted a "deodorant-like", "bottle-like" and a cylindrical entity into the women - with nary aesculapian crushed for doing so.

One woman, speaking to the tribunal successful Trøndelag, said: "I thought I was going to die".

Another unnamed pistillate said she had gone successful to her GP's bureau for a sore pharynx - earlier being fixed 1 of the invasive examinations.

She told however she ended up successful her underwear connected a bench, saying: "I thought that helium is my doctor, truthful I did arsenic helium said."

The indictment against Bye says the alleged assaults "happened rapidly and unexpectedly" during the examinations.

They took spot successful Frosta, a tiny municipality of lone 2,600 inhabitants connected the Norweigan coast.

The tribunal has seen graphic video taken by Bye - with authorities lawyer Richard Haugen Lyng saying: "'We person video recordings of the battle itself.

"In that sense, we person a alternatively peculiar evidentiary concern successful the case, successful that ample parts of the indictment are illustrated with video material, says the prosecutor."

The erstwhile doc claimed successful tribunal that helium recorded appointments for fearfulness of lawsuits - and said helium ne'er watched them back.

Norwegian broadcaster NRK said 1 of the clips shows him putting up respective cameras up successful the country earlier helium begins examining 1 of the women listed successful the case.

The outlet besides said helium partially admitted to the rape charges successful tribunal connected Wednesday.

Concerns were raised astir him arsenic agelong agone arsenic 2006 - by different doc successful the gynaecology ward astatine a section hospital.

One of Bye's patients, who was determination for further treatment, said her doc had massaged her genitals during the exam.

Police launched a probe successful August 2022 aft wellness authorities alerted them to the imaginable behaviour.

Bye was capable to support his occupation until the pursuing twelvemonth erstwhile charges were filed.

He has not been remanded successful custody arsenic the proceedings continues.