Tauqeer Azam, 41, carried out an inappropriate examination of the 19-year-old at the Well Pharmacy in Glasgow’s Nitshill on June 5 2023.
The girl had gone there with an intimate medical issue. Azam initially requested a photo of what was wrong before asking to see it as a “last resort”.
He then went on to check without wearing any rubber gloves insisting there was a “supply issue”.
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Azam’s career is likely over after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting the teenager following a trial at Glasgow Sheriff Court.
He was also convicted of making inappropriate remarks to a woman during an earlier examination.
The married father-of-four, of the city’s Crookston, had been a pharmacist for 18 years.
He was manager at the time at the chemist in Nitshill.
Azam had told the girl that due to the “sensitivity” of her issue it was “more common” to diagnose from a photo.
The victim said she did not have a picture – Azam eventually stated he would “have a look” instead. He insisted that she consented.
He went on to touch her in an intimate area – but Azam told jurors that there was “no physical contact” apart from on her leg when she sat down.
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He is also said to have made a sleazy comment to the teenager.
Azam claimed in court that the victim “lied” about what happened to her.
Azam had previously worked at a Boots pharmacy in Edinburgh on May 9 2021.
A woman had a similar issue to the Glasgow victim.
She said Azam made a comment about her underwear and another about an intimate area on her body.
Fiscal Kyle Dalziel put to Azam: “It makes you the most unluckiest person in Scotland that two women who have never met from different parts of the country have accused you of inappropriate behaviour.”
Azam replied: “Yes.”
Sentence was deferred pending background reports until next month by Sheriff Joan Kerr who put Azam on the sex offenders register and granted him bail meantime.
