A seedy paramedic who avoided jail after exposing himself to a female colleague at an ambulance depot has been struck off.
Gavin Boa, 33, exposed himself to a female colleague at an ambulance station, pressured a colleague to expose her breasts to him after being called out to a sick patient and sent her images of his genitals. He also spent seven months bombarding two junior female colleagues with graphic porn and explicit messages while working, and asked one woman to have sex with him.
He was suspended by the Health & Care Professions Tribunal Service (HCPTS) in September 2024, after his offending came to light.
Boa was found guilty of five sex offences in May last year following a trial at Paisley Sheriff Court, but dodged jail. He was ordered to do 150 hours of unpaid work.
View 3 ImagesGavin Boa arrives at Paisley Sheriff Court.
Boa was also banned from contacting his two victims for a year, and was added to the sex offenders register for two years.
He has now been struck off the health and care profession register altogether after his fitness to practise was deemed “impaired” due to his conviction.
Boa had been married for just three months when he started his campaign of harassment in May 2023. The trial heard from one of Boa’s victims who said she “froze” when the paramedic exposed himself to her while they were on a break from jobs at the Paisley ambulance base.
The woman described how she had been on shift with him on December 3, 2023, and his behaviour was “out of control” from the start. She said he had asked her for sex twice during their 12-hour shift and demanded she show him her breasts before he would move the ambulance on from being called out to a sick patient.
The woman said: “He wouldn’t move the ambulance until I did. I felt completely ashamed.”
When they returned to the depot on Craw Road, he exposed himself and performed a sex act. During the trial, Boa, who was in a senior position and had responsibility for signing off junior staff training, said sexualised behaviour was part of the “culture” at the ambulance service.
View 3 ImagesRoyal Alexandra Hospital Paisley(Image: Andrew Neil)
Following his conviction Scottish Ambulance Service chiefs put up posters in bases across the country warning staff against sexual harassment. The move was blasted by politicians who said more had to be done to protect workers, particularly women, who were being subjected to harassment.
A Scottish Ambulance Service spokesperson at the time said: “Any form of sexual misconduct is completely unacceptable and will not be tolerated in the Scottish Ambulance Service.”
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