NEWS RELEASE
YORK REGIONAL POLICE
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Investigators with the York Regional Police Special Victims Unit – Sexual Assault Section, have charged a 68-year-old doctor in connection with a sexual assault that occurred at a medical clinic in the Town of Newmarket.
On Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, a 37-year-old female called police to report that she had been sexually assaulted by a doctor during a visit to a medical clinic on Davis Drive, just west of Prospect Street. A doctor at the clinic was arrested and has been charged.
The accused has worked at the clinic on Davis Drive since 2012. In 2011, he worked at another clinic in Newmarket located on Leslie Street, north of Davis Drive.
From 2007 until 2011, the accused practised in New Glasgow, N.S. Investigators want to ensure that there are no further victims and are asking anyone with information to come forward.
Charged:
• Doctor Sam Naghibi, 68, of the Town of Newmarket
Charges:
• Sexual assault
A sexual assault includes any non-consensual contact of a sexual nature. York Regional Police would like to encourage anyone who feels they may have been a victim of a sexual assault to come forward and report the incident to police. There is no statute of limitations for sexual offences and offenders can be prosecuted well after the date of the offence.
Anyone with information is asked to call the York Regional Police Special Victims Unit – Sexual Assault Section, at 1-866-876-5423, ext. 7071, or contact Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS, or leave an anonymous tip online.
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