Psychologist tried to kiss male colleague in front of wife

730AM GMT sixteen March 2010

Malcolm Cross allegedly attempted to lick Dr Owen Hughes before to flirting with waiters Photo CENTRAL NEWS

Malcolm Cross allegedly attempted to lick Dr Owen Hughes before to flirting with waiters.

Fellow diners attempted to stop Mr Cross"s erratic hands but he was as well dipsomaniac to notice, the Health Professions Council heard.

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Throughout the dusk Mr Cross, a former row part of for the HPC, "slurred his words" and "was fluid on his feet", it was claimed.

He incited up fifteen mins late at his own assembly to plead office work before to an accreditation revisit by the British Psychological Society (BPS) at the University of the West of England [UWE].

When the assembly came to an finish the celebration of five afterwards changed to The Glass Boat restaurant, in Bristol city centre.

Dr Hughes, a expert counselling psychologist, pronounced his former mentor flirted with the waiters and incited on Molly Rose, from the British Psychological Society, at the cooking on Jun 8 last year.

"He was obsequious that she was a spoil competition as she was in assign of the bill that night," Dr Hughes said. "Molly set herself as far detached from Malcolm as probable and outlayed the time texting on the phone.

"Malcolm seemed to take difference to that. He additionally pronounced she didnt need to be concerned and he would compensate for the wine. His tinge of voice was she was being a spoil sport.

"He became some-more and some-more intimately inappropriate. He became some-more pleasing around those with him. Firstly with Steven Perritt and afterwards towards me as well. It done me feel really uncomfortable."

The HPC listened that initial Mr Cross attempted to lick Dr Hughes, but this was rebuffed with a hand. Sophie Kemp, for the HPC, pronounced Mr Cross afterwards told him he desired him.

"He asked regularly if he could lick him," she said. "He leant over the list attempting to lick him."

Ms Kemp pronounced that via the dish Cross slurred his difference and was regularly asked to stop his licentious behaviour.

Mr Cross, who lerned in Australia, is in attendance the conference and admits all the allegations - that he was drunk, rude, pompous and assertive on Jun 8, 2009, and that he overwhelmed himself inappropriately and attempted to hold Dr Hughes and Mr Perritt.

He is serve indicted of creation a licentious idea to Dr Hughes.

Mr Cross, Dean of Students in the Department of Psychology at City University, London, admits bungle but denies his fitness to rehearse was impaired.

He became Chair Elect of the Division of Counselling Psychology in 2006 and took up the purpose of Chair of the Division in 2007.

The conference continues.