Last updated at 17:40 19 October 2007

A lesbian foot specialist has been struck off for showing colleagues images of her and two other women in bondage gear and exclaiming "f*** Easter" in front of a nun.

Podiatrist Joanne Fuller's career was ended after the Health Professions Council (HPC) was presented with a list of incidents where she behaved outrageously in her Slough workplace, Upton Hospital.

HPC representative Julie Norris told the hearing Fuller had shown colleagues indecent images herself, her partner and partner's sister "in various degrees of undress and bondage outfits".

As well as "very revealing" photos "with whips", she showed ones of "her girlfriend in leathers with her bottom exposed," and "often discussed her sex-life in front of other colleagues talking about what her and her partner did when having sex," said Miss Norris.

She said on one occasion Fuller gave a Nazi salute in front of colleagues and patients.

On another, she said "f*** Easter," in front of a nun who was visiting a patient on the religious holiday.

The hearing also revealed her tendency to mimic karate high-kicks and humiliate her co-workers by shouting at them.

Investigations into Fuller initially began in 2005 for poor record-keeping and she was officially fired in February 2006.

Upon further examination the case widened after accusations that Fuller used hospital computers to browse websites of a "sexual nature" surfaced.

The podiatrist faced formal allegations of viewing and using inappropriate websites and using the internet excessively during working hours.

She was also charged with behaving inappropriately towards patients and staff members.

She was not present or represented at the hearing.

Disciplinary panel chair Christine Mills said the websites she accessed contained stories which "verged on the erotic" though they were not pornograph or obscene.

As far as the photographs of her and her partner were concerned Ms Mills judged them not to be pornographic despite having "elements of nudity and wearing bondage gear".

But she said she had to be struck off her professional register because of the "totality" of her behaviour.