Robert Doyle: investigation finds former Melbourne lord mayor committed 'serious' sexual misconduct

Charles Scerri QC finds harassment did occur and complainant was an honest and sincere witness'

Three years after an inquiry was ordered into sexual misconduct allegations against former Melbourne lord mayor Robert Doyle when he was chairman of Melbourne Health, the QC who led the investigation has found the harassment did occur and that the complainant was an honest and sincere witness".

Charles Scerri QC led the investigation on behalf of the government following reports in 2018 that Doyle sexually harassed a woman at the Melbourne Health medical awards ceremony in 2016, touching her on her upper thigh repeatedly under a table and making inappropriate remarks. At the time, Doyle was chairman of the board of Melbourne Health.