Drink driving Nottingham doctor claimed chewing a betel nut made shopkeeper think he was sozzled
A tribunal is considering sanctions against a Nottingham doctor after he denied drink driving claims to a health body but then pleading guilty to the offence in court. He originally claimed to the General Medical Council he was simply chewing a betel nut and was not already drunk when buying spirits from a shop.
Goel is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon who often travelled to hospitals in Mansfield, Wigan and Doncaster. He works as a locum on six-month contracts, and the offence, along with another motoring conviction for failing to provide a specimen in 2018, were committed after the contracts had ended.A worried shopkeeper alerted police when Goel went into his shop and bought gin on August 30 2019. The prosecution during the case at the time said the shopkeeper thought he had been drinking already.