A DOCTOR has denied telling a teenage patient that sex was the "best drug."

Krishna Singh, 72, is on trial at the High Court in Glasgow facing 66 sexually related charges against more than 50 female patients.

Singh, of Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, denies the offences said to have occurred between 1983 and 2018 mainly at medical practices in North Lanarkshire.

Prosecutor Angela Gray put it to Singh, who was giving evidence, that he initially told the 17- or 18-year-old patient that her "breasts were getting bigger, you are more mature."

He replied: "No."

Miss Gray followed up: "She said that you said that sex was the best drug, did you say that?"

Singh again replied: "No."

Miss Gray: "Would you accept it would be an inappropriate thing for a doctor to say?"

Singh stated: "Yes."

Singh earlier denied groping a now 54-year-old woman on the breast after making a comment about her having "big boobies."

He further refuted a suggestion that he asked another 54-year-old if her boyfriend "gave you sexy."

He said: "I asked about sex life and asked about if she had a boyfriend or married - those questions."

The doctor claimed this was in the context of a consultation about the contraceptive pill.

Singh told Miss Gray that he would record breast and internal examinations when they took place.

The depute then asked: "We heard evidence from a number of women you examined which we did not see in the medical records - do you have an explanation?"

Singh said: "If I did a breast examination, I would have recorded it but if I didn't, I wouldn't have recorded it."

Miss Gray: "If the women say that examinations took place, could they be wrong?"

Singh replied: "They are wrong."

The trial continues tomorrow before judge Lord Armstrong.