An 'arrogant and crude' heart surgeon molested his female colleagues by groping their breasts and exposing one's chest, a court heard.

Amal Bose, 55, is now set to be sentenced after being found guilty of sexually assaulting five staff members working below him at Blackpool Victoria Hospital in Lancashire.

One victim told the jury that Bose squeezed her breasts and said 'I'm just looking for a pen' when she handed him a leaving card to sign, a jury was told.

The administrative worker said she felt 'sick' as she believed other colleagues had seen what he did.

'On a weekly basis he would smack my bum, he'd grab my boobs,' she said.