Sentence: 3 years and 9 months imprisonment
Tarkan Mustafa, a psychotherapist, sexually assaulted two patients during treatment sessions at his North London practice, Peace of Mind – Private Therapy, Ponders End, EN3. The offences included using highly sexualised language, massaging the victims’ breasts under the pretext of ‘complementary therapy’, and pressing his erect penis into the victim. The first victim was assaulted on more than 10 occasions over 10 months in 2016, and the second victim was assaulted on two separate occasions in 2014. The investigation was reopened after new reports, leading to his arrest and charging.