A leading dentist had sex in his office while a colleague was trying to console a grieving student next door, a tribunal was told.

Dr Alec High had sex with the woman at the University of Leeds for more than two years between January 2013 and March 2015, the General Dental Council (GDC) heard on Monday.

The dental pathologist is also said to have given a false account of where he was between 2pm and 3pm on March 12, 2015, when he is also alleged to have had sex in his office.

He claimed he was working at St James's University Hospital at the relevant time but it emerged he was logged into the system where his office is based at the time, the hearing was told.