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Former Moorfields Chief Pleads Not Guilty to Exposure and Sexual Assault Charges

Bail conditions include a Battersea Park ban, with a Kingston Crown Court listing on March 10.

Overview

  • Prosecutors told Wimbledon Magistrates' Court that on April 28, 2025, Dr Martin Kuper allegedly straddled a sunbathing woman in Battersea Park and exposed himself.
  • After his arrest, he is accused of grabbing a female police officer in her crotch area, according to prosecutor Barbara Valentini.
  • Kuper, 57, denied charges of exposure and sexual assault and elected to be tried by a jury at the Crown Court.
  • Magistrate Sandra Burling granted him bail with a condition that he must not enter Battersea Park.
  • He is due to appear at Kingston Crown Court on March 10 to set a trial date, and he previously served as Moorfields Eye Hospital chief executive from 2021 until July 2025.