A FORMER doctor who was struck off following allegations of “violent behaviour” has seen his bid to return to work in the UK rejected.

Dr Essam Aly was employed as a locum consultant anaesthetist at the Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital NHS Trust in 2016 when he was struck off the medical register.

A Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) hearing at the time found “proved allegations of violent and controlling behaviour.”

Dr Aly applied to be reinstated but was rebuffed at a tribunal this month, where a panel of judges ruled against him.

He had initially been removed from the medical register after an MPTS panel ruled him guilty of numerous “physical, mental and emotional assaults over a period of seven years”.

Since losing his job, Dr Aly has worked overseas as a consultant in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, as well as performing medical work in Yemen.

Bidding to regain his place on the UK’s medical register, Dr Aly told a panel he “has never received any criminal conviction - not even a parking or speeding fine”.

He added he had “volunteered to return to the UK in 2020 to help with the coronavirus pandemic, but the General Medical Council had refused his registration”.

Dr Aly defended his past behaviours, claiming his actions were in “exceptional circumstances”.

He told the panel he has “genuine insight and remorse” for his actions.

In a personal statement, he said: “On the violence issues, I have attended an anger management course in June 2017.”

Dr Aly continued in his oral evidence that he was “deeply ashamed and remorseful” of his past behaviour.

Ciaran Rankin, a lawyer for the General Medical Council, made the case against Mr Aly.

He said: “Dr Aly’s actions were deplorable, leading to the inevitable conclusion and given the facts, found that erasure was the appropriate sanction.”

Dr Aly’s restoration application was ultimately refused; he is not allowed to make another applications for 12 months.

Ruling against Dr Aly, the MPTS panel said: “The tribunal was not satisfied that Dr Aly is currently fit to practise and accordingly refused Dr Aly’s application to be restored to the medical register.”