Secretary was infatuated with surgeon, court told
A medical secretary became 'besotted' with the orthopaedic surgeon at a clinic where they both worked, forcing him to take legal action to try and get her out of his life, a court heard.
Rosemary Parretti, of Newlands Close, Hagley, near Stourbridge, started buying large gifts for Dr Muhammed Butt, would turn up at his home and even began to follow him in her car - at one point following him to Oxford when he gave a medical lecture.
The court heard Parretti, aged 64, felt the doctor was her 'soul mate' and they should be together, but she effectively became a 'pest and a nuisance', according to prosecutor Mr Andrew Baker.
He said Parretti was working at the Heath Lane Consulting Rooms in Stourbridge when Dr Butt moved in and they had a good working relationship until her behaviour became 'peculiar'.
Parretti was then dismissed.
However, Mr Baker said she continued to harass the doctor, who described how he then had to take out a civil injunction to stop her going to his Stourbridge home.
The court order further ruled Parretti should not go anywhere near the Heath Lane Consulting Rooms or to Russells Hall Hospital.
Mr Baker said Parretti continued to breach the court order by further harassing the doctor and, after he made a further complaint to police, she was given a suspended prison sentence.
Following that there was a period where things went quiet, but Parretti again started to follow the doctor, who was forced to take different routes to work to avoid her.
"It is not a case where there was violence," Mr Baker told Wolverhampton Crown Court. "He tried to do his best to avoid contact so as not to inflame the situation."
Parretti admitted two charges of breaching her restraining order and Judge John Warner made a further hospital order to enable her to undergo treatment.
He told Parretti the order would resolve her mental disorder adding, "This is the most suitable way to deal with you.
"It is clear you are a very intelligent lady and you know what we are trying to achieve to assist you. I hope you get better and you put these things behind you."
The judge said the restraining order would stay in force until further notice as he warned her she must stay away from the doctor's home, Heath Lane and Russells Hall Hospital.
