Ex-partner speaks of rapist surgeon Salil Korambayil’s double life

In August 2020, a woman made an accusation of rape to Devon and Cornwall Police about Korambayil.

However, according to the force, she was not in a position to support an investigation at the time and the complaint went no further.

Angharad, who was pregnant at the time, says Korambayil told her it was a “lie, a malicious allegation” and now does not understand how he managed to “pull the wool over my eyes”.

“When I look back I realise he was gaslighting me, he was emotionally abusing me, he would make me feel awful for things or control situations and I had no idea it was happening at the time,” she explains.

Angharad says Korambayil’s efforts to bury the truth worked and their baby was born in November 2020 – a period that left her emotional and vulnerable. Then in April 2021, Korambayil unexpectedly arrived home early from work.

“He said, ‘I’ve been suspended’… that he had looked into people’s information but it wasn’t anything sinister,” Angharad says.

But within hours, police had arrested him on suspicion of rape.

Angharad left their home that night and took the baby to stay with family, feeling scared and worried.

“One night I went to my dad [and] it was like I was his baby again, I sat on his lap and bawled my eyes out,” she says.