DOCTOR SHOWED ‘NO REMORSE’ OVER INDECENT IMAGES
2026-02-16 19:50: Robert Senior, aged 59 and hailing from Barnsley, possessed 65 images classified as Category A.He was sentenced to a community order for a period of two years and also received a sexual harm prevention order.
The court found that Senior’s collection included 65 images deemed to be Category A, which is considered the most serious classification.
As part of his sentence, he was handed a two-year community order and a sexual harm prevention order was implemented to restrict future activities.
--------------------------- 2025-12-01 21:54: A DOCTOR who was convicted of having more than 2,000 indecent images of children and showed ‘no remorse’ for his actions has been struck off following a tribunal, the Chronicle can reveal.
Robert Senior, a podiatrist, was convicted of possessing images at Barnsley Magistrates’ Court last year having pleaded guilty to having 65 category A photographs - the most graphic - as well as 49 category Bs and 2,270 category Cs.
He was given a community order which consisted of a 30-day rehabilitation activity and five years on the sex offenders’ register.
Senior, who was employed by the South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, had two laptops and a tablet destroyed as part of the order.
A recent hearing into his fitness to practise - conducted by the Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service (HCPTS) - concluded that the severity of his offences were sufficient to strike him off the medical register.
A report said: “We received a referral from the registrant’s employer, the South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, in May 2023.
“They notified us of a police investigation into alleged indecent images of children made by the registrant.
He was suspended as a result of the police investigation and resigned in April 2024.
We received a further referral from South Yorkshire Police in July 2024 confirming that the registrant was to be charged in respect of indecent images of children that were found on his devices.
“South Yorkshire Police confirmed the registrant was charged a month later with three offences of making indecent photographs of children.
The registrant’s fitness to practise is impaired both in relation to the personal and public component.
He had not provided any evidence that he had addressed the circumstances that led to the offending or provided any material for the panel to consider in relation to remediation and insight.
The panel which oversaw Senior’s tribunal said he was convicted of possessing the ‘highest level of indecent images’ and allowing him to continue in his profession would risk the public’s confidence.
“All but the registrant’s guilty plea, there was no evidence before the panel of reflection, remorse or insight,” the report added.
“The panel noted that in his email dated July 8, 2024, he stated “my values could not allow me to continue working for an unsupportive organisation and I decided to retire”.
“There was no detailed reflection from the registrant to reassure the panel that he had addressed the issues that led to the offending to prevent any repetition or that he had any insight into the impact his conviction had on service users and the reputation of the profession.
We considered that the conviction was for a very serious range of offences involving multiple indecent images of the highest category.
“The panel concluded that, in light of the seriousness of the conviction and the ingrained offending, the lack of insight and remediation together with a real risk that the behaviour would be repeated, the only appropriate sanction in this case was to make a striking off order.
“The panel took into account the impact this would have on the registrant, but concluded that the need to protect the public outweighed his interests and that no other sanction would adequately protect the public.”
