Accused fake psychiatrist freed from jail

Mohammed Shakeel Siddiqui leavs court after being granted bail in the District Court Waikato Hamilton 7 July 2015 New Zealand Herald Photograph by David Kerr.

A doctor at the centre of an inquiry at Waikato District Health Board has been freed from jail after a Hamilton judge granted him bail today.

Mohamed Shakeel Siddiqui faces one charge of obtaining by deception after being accused of stealing the credentials of a doctor in the United States with a similar name.

The 54-year-old allegedly used the credentials to get a job at the Waikato District Health Board.

Concerns about his behaviour were raised by his supervisor and an investigation led to the police laying the charge.

Siddiqui's lawyer Kerry Burroughs successfully argued for bail in the Hamilton District Court this afternoon.

Judge Tompkins remanded Siddiqui on bail with conditions to surrender his passport and not contact or visit the Waikato DHB grounds.

He will reappear on August 31.