A former doctor in the United Kingdom has denied 45 counts of sexual assault against hospital patients, including children, and pleaded not guilty to all charges, reports the BBC.
Nathaniel Spencer from Birmingham is accused of assaulting 38 female patients – some of them girls under 13 – at Royal Stoke University Hospital and Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley, between 2017 and 2021.
The case has been adjourned and his trial is due to be heard at Loughborough Crown Court in October 2027.
Spencer was charged last December after what police described as complex investigation into the allegations.
He faces 15 counts of sexual assault, 17 counts of assault by penetration, nine counts of sexual assault of a child under 13, three counts of assaulting a child under 13 by penetration and one count of attempted assault by penetration.
BBC article – Doctor denies multiple sexual assaults of patients (Open access)
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