Psychiatrist struck off after conviction for sexual abuse of minor patient

In Medical Council v Yunos [2026] IEHC 237, the High Court has confirmed the permanent removal of a psychiatrist from the medical register following his conviction for sexually abusing a child patient.

Dr Amirul Mohd Yunos, formerly employed in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), pleaded guilty to multiple counts of sexual exploitation of a minor under his care. He was sentenced to eight and a half years in prison. The offences were found to involve a serious and sustained breach of trust in a clinical context.

Following the conviction, the Medical Council determined that Dr Yunos was no longer fit to practise medicine and imposed the sanction of erasure from the register. Under the Medical Practitioners Act 2007, that decision required confirmation by the High Court.

The application came before David Barniville, President of the High Court, who described the case as “clear-cut” and exceptionally serious. He held that the court was obliged to confirm the Council’s decision unless there was a “good reason” not to do so, and found that no such reason arose.

The judge emphasised that the respondent’s conduct amounted to a gross abuse of his professional position and of the trust placed in him by a vulnerable patient. He concluded that it was “not conceivable” that Dr Yunos could ever safely return to medical practice and that no lesser sanction would be appropriate.

The court proceeded in the absence of the respondent, who had been notified of the hearing but did not attend.

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