Doctor struck off over coercive control conviction

A doctor who led a campaign of coercive control against his partner before evading justice by leaving the country has been struck off the medical register.

Dr Walid Ahmed was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison in 2025, following a trial at Bournemouth Crown Court, held in his absence.

A tribunal heard he attempted to control "every aspect" of his partner's life, demanding regular messages to confirm her whereabouts and using phone software to track her movements.

Ahmed, who worked as a locum GP in Bournemouth, also "controlled what she would wear", the tribunal was told.

It heard he isolated her from friends and family by removing social media and deleting male contacts from her phone.

At times when he was working as a GP, Ahmed required his partner to seek his permission before using the bathroom or getting a drink and monitored her remotely during consultations, the panel heard.

The judge who sentenced Ahmed said his behaviour had "ruined" his partner's life.

He said she became "a shell of her former self, withdrawing from friends and family, becoming unemployed and having no freedom in her life".

The judge also imposed a restraining order prohibiting any contact with the woman, referred to as "Ms A", for 10 years.

The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) panel concluded Ahmed posed a high and ongoing risk to public protection and ordered he be struck off.

Concerns were initially raised with the General Medical Council by Ahmed himself in November 2020, after he was arrested and questioned by police and suspended from the official register of NHS-authorised healthcare workers.

He was charged in April 2022 and convicted at Bournemouth Crown Court in October 2025.

Ahmed entered a not-guilty plea before leaving the country and failed to appear for either his trial or his sentencing.

He is believed to be outside the UK and has served none of his prison sentence or made any attempt to surrender himself since his conviction.