Ex-Hospital Chief Accused Of Battersea Park Sex Offences

The former chief executive of Moorfields Eye Hospital has appeared in court accused of exposing himself to a female park sunbather and molesting the arresting WPC.

Dr Martin Kuper, 57, is charged with exposure at Battersea Park, south-west London, plus a charge of sexually assaulting the female officer on April 28, last year.

Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court heard Kuper, of St. George’s Avenue, Holloway allegedly straddled the sunbathing female and exposed himself.

He is said to have run into bushes and when police were called, groped the officer between her legs.

Kuper was appointed chief executive to Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in September, 2021 until his departure in July, last year a few months after his arrest.

He was previously chief medical director of Northwick Park Hospital and was also employed at north London’s Whittington Hospital.

Kuper indicated not guilty pleas and elected trial at Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court, where he will appear on March 10.

He was bailed on condition he does not enter Battersea Park.