Regina police charge former doctor with 5th count of sexual assault

A former doctor is facing another charge ofsexual assault stemming from an incident involving one of his female patients.

Regina police chargedSylvester Ukabam, 73, following an investigation into a fifth reported assault.

Police charged Ukabam with four counts of sexual assault in November. At the time, police said thecharges resulted from a lengthy investigationthat started when a woman reported him to police in 2017.

"An adult female alleged her doctor sexually assaulted her, under the pretence of conducting a physical examination, in spite of her protests that the so-called examination was unnecessary and unwanted," police said in a news release.

The investigator then found three other women had made similar complaints with Saskatchewan's College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Ukabamwas a gastroenterologyspecialistworking in downtown Regina. He struck a deal with the regulatory body and agreed torelinquishhis medical licence and never practice medicine again effective Dec.9 , 2018.

The college agreed not to proceedwith its investigation.Police say thealleged assaults happened duringa five-year period between 2010 and 2015.

The case against Ukabam is before Provincial Court in Regina.

Regina Police say new information on this case willbe accepted, but the fifth charge concludes the investigation at this time.