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Government

Jul. 8, 2009

Defense in Sex-Abuse Case Argues Memory is Malleable

A child psychologist accused of molesting patients could have conducted appropriate exams when he touched young boys' genital, a medical expert explained Tuesday in a trial that has implicated San Mateo County's courts.

By Dhyana Levey
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN MATEO - A prominent child psychiatrist accused of molesting patients could have conducted appropriate examinations when he touched young boys' genitals and, in one case, made a child urinate in front of him, a medical expert explained to a jury Tuesday in a dramatic trial that has implicated much of San Mateo County's juvenile justice system.

William Hamilton Ayres, 75, has pleaded not guilty in the c...

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