Junior female paramedic endured almost two years of repeated sexual harassment at hands of former NSW Ambulance Merriwa station manager John Doepel

Donna Page
Updated September 29 2021 - 6:03am, first published September 28 2021 - 5:30am
INTIMIDATION: Former NSW Ambulance Merriwa station manager John Doepel, of New Lambton, pleaded guilty to sexually harassing a junior female paramedic over almost two years. Picture: Simone De Peak
INTIMIDATION: Former NSW Ambulance Merriwa station manager John Doepel, of New Lambton, pleaded guilty to sexually harassing a junior female paramedic over almost two years. Picture: Simone De Peak

THE deepening crisis at the top of the NSW Ambulance Service's Hunter arm has taken a dramatic turn after a court heard a female paramedic was forced to hide out in the women's toilets to avoid repeated sexual harassment.

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Donna Page

Donna Page

Investigative journalist at the Newcastle Herald

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