A patient who went to her doctor with multiple sclerosis was told the best cure was sex - with him, a tribunal has heard.

Kwame Somuah-Boateng told his patient, "trust me I'm a doctor" as he persisted in his attempts to seduce her.

The senior A&E doctor is now facing a medical tribunal over the extra-marital affair with the patient, during which he repeatedly promised her: "Having sex is good for you," when she was diagnosed with MS, the tribunal heard on Friday.

The 43-year-old doctor told the woman that intercourse with him would stimulate the muscles in her legs and had sex with her in his hospital sleeping quarters saying: "Trust me I'm a doctor - it will help you to get your sensitivity back".

During their liaison, Dr Somuah-Boateng took the woman who is in her 30s to a christening and vowed to marry her and have a son by her - even though he already had a wife and two daughters, it was claimed.