A violent nurse who had an affair with a former patient and held her captive in his flat has been struck off today.

Trevor Madziwa – who met the woman when he worked at the celebrity rehab centre The Priory Clinic in Southgate – stuck his thumbs into her eyes and grabbed her around her neck when she tried to leave, a tribunal hearing was told.

She then feared he was going to throw her over the balcony at the property.

A panel at a hearing of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) found Madziwa, 34, guilty of misconduct and booted him out of the profession.

Madziwa met the 18-year-old woman, referred to as Service User A, for sex in hotel rooms after contacting her via Facebook following her discharge from The Priory.

The conduct and competence hearing heard that they first met in June 2008 at The Priory but became lovers in August 2010 after Madziwa had left his job at the clinic.

But the relationship began to deteriorate.

And after an argument at his flat following a text received from a former girlfriend, Madziwa aggressively held her down by the neck to stop her leaving and took her shoes and handbag away.

The panel were told that the former patient thought he was going to strangle her.

The Zimbabwean national also threatened to remove the terrified teenager’s tights and stuck his thumbs into her eyes and then aggressively punched a fridge door during the incident on November 19, 2011.

He then told her he would cut her hair – an act that worried the patient as it had reminded her of certain procedures carried out at the well-known London clinic.

Cops later quizzed Madziwa on suspicion of common assault and imprisonment but he was never charged after the woman later withdrew her statement.

The relationship finished in 2012.

The Priory is a favourite place for celebrities who have undergone rehab for a range of issues from alcohol and depression to dealing with marriage and relationship break-ups.

Madziwa, who attended the hearing today, bowed his head as he was told by panel chairman Maurice Cohen that he was being struck off.

Mr Cohen said that Madziwa had acted “inappropriately” with an “extremely, young and vulnerable” person.

He added: “He then entered into a sexual relationship with the service user.

“He used his personal knowledge about the service user to try and control and manipulate her.”

Mr Cohen continued: “Mr Madziwa had acted in a way likely to bring the profession into disrepute.

“His relationship with service user A was destructive and damaging.”

He added that the nurse had “abused” his position of trust and power.

The panel heard that the woman had a history of problems including bulimia and depression and was admitted to the clinic in Southgate in June 2008 where she met Madziwa.

After eight months, with her condition not improving, the patient was transferred to another hospital.

But following her transfer, Madziwa e-mailed her the same day. He had also sent a number of Facebook messages.

In February 2009, the woman was discharged and went to stay with her mother.

In Christmas 2010, she told her in a text that she had been having an affair with “Trevor from the Priory” for about 10 months.

At an earlier hearing, the panel was told that how the former nurse kept the woman captive.

A witness, referred to as Miss A said: “She came home about 11 o’clock, white as a sheet and I asked if she had had a crash in her car, but she couldn’t speak. She then said, ‘He wouldn’t let me go for three hours’.

“He told her to sit down with her legs slightly apart and with her hands by her side. He was massaging and putting pressure on the front of her neck.”

The woman escaped after kicking Madziwa and grabbing a knife from the kitchen, the panel heard.

Madziwa had admitted having a sexual relationship and preventing her from leaving his flat, but denied threatening her verbally and physically, which were both found proved.

A charge that he confiscated her phone while holding her captive was earlier dismissed.

As well as being struck off, Madziwa was given an 18-month interim suspension order.