After appealing to the High Court he was allowed to continue on the condition he was chaperoned by a female nurse.The jury deliberated for nearly five days before finding Ayling guilty on 13 counts of indecent assault between 1991 and 1998. Not guilty verdicts were returned on five counts involving another three women. A further 11 counts of indecent assault against eight victims were allowed to lie on the file.Judge Croft said he was sentencing Ayling to four years to run concurrently for each guilty count and said he took into account the fact that he would be struck off the medical register.During the trial, the jury was told that Ayling gave the women unnecessary internal examinations and made them strip. Some testified he was sexually aroused.Joanna Glynn, for the prosecution, said he claimed his examinations were "entirely proper and correct, and that the patients misunderstood what was happening".The court was told that Ayling had been given a number of warnings before he was charged.

He was arrested after one complaint in 1991, but the case against him was too weak to pursue. There were five more complaints before he was charged in 1998.One woman went to see him about pins and needles in her arms and was told to get on her hands and knees for a breast examination. The GP straddled her back and examined her breasts for at least two minutes.Another witness said Ayling gave her a breast and internal examination on most of her visits and the first time she consulted him about a cyst on one of her ovaries, she was told to take off all her clothes "I felt uncomfortable I thought it unusual. He said he liked to do this as a 20-year-old girl he had treated had a lump on her breast which was not noticed until it was too late," she said.The court was also told of a 22-year-old woman who was 12 weeks pregnant and given internal examinations by Ayling despite her protests."You overruled her request. You broke her will by saying if you weren't allowed to have your way, she might have had a handicapped child. It really does make one wonder how far you could go and how far you could sink," said the judge.Ayling also posed as the disgraced consultant Rodney Ledward, who died last month and who was struck off after maiming scores of women.

He worked for Ledward as a clinical assistant between 1984 and 1994 at the William Harvey Hospital at Ashford, Kent.. With the party season in full swing, there are plenty of opportunities for overindulging. Getting legless, pigging out on chocolate, waking up semi-clad next to the office monster (oops!), and consuming vast amounts of coffee to survive the morning after the night before are commonplace. With the party season in full swing, there are plenty of opportunities for overindulging. Getting legless, pigging out on chocolate, waking up semi-clad next to the office monster (oops!), and consuming vast amounts of coffee to survive the morning after the night before are commonplace. But hey, it's Christmas, and the good news is, you don't have to feel bad about it. Some of your festive vices may actually be rather good for you.

So let's take a closer look at sinning for Santa:SexRegular sex is a brilliant way to keep fit and halve the risk of a major heart attack or stroke. But, according to the British Heart Foundation (BHF), you need to have a 30-minute session at least five times a week to reap any lasting benefits. For those who are less athletic in the bedroom department, other forms of moderate exercise, defined by the BHF as anything that causes "flushed cheeks", can be done to make up the time. So, if you can only manage 10 minutes of sex, you will need to walk to the bus stop as well.Gaynor Dewsnap, of the BHF, says: "Sex is a really good form of exercise. For people who have had a heart attack, it can be good part of their rehabilitation Sex often lifts depression after illness.

We would suggest seeking advice from a doctor and then start off gently."Sex is a cardiovascular exercise. You're jigging up and down, so as well as flexing your body, the movements are good because you get more oxygen in your blood, and your heart pumps faster in exactly the same way as it would when riding a bike."A study of 2,400 middle-aged people in Caerphilly, Wales, revealed that those who had three or more orgasms a week were half as likely to have a heart attack or stroke.Professor Stephen Frankel of Bristol University, who led the research, said: "The association between sexual activity and lower levels of mortality and coronary heart disease is quite strong The effects are as good as taking exercise or eating fruit. Studies looking at celibate priests have found that they often have higher levels of coronary heart disease. In women, the benefits come from the quality of sex rather than the quantity. Women are healthier if they get good sex rather than more sex."ChocolateSome people say that munching your way through a chocolate bar is preferable to having sex It's certainly a lot less tiring and messy.