Ex- Doctor Accused of Sexual Assault Allegations Against 38 Patients

Prosecutors have stated that a former physician has been charged with committing sexual assaults involving 38 victims who were patients.

The Serious Allegations

The accused, Nathaniel Spencer from Birmingham is accused of dozens of sexual offences – including some against minors under the age of thirteen – between 2017 to 2021.

A senior prosecutor said, “Legal teams have worked at length to support a detailed and complex police inquiry, meticulously examining the evidence to determine that there is sufficient evidence to proceed to trial and that it is in the interest of justice.”

Scope of the Investigation

The charges come after what police called a “detailed inquiry” into reported assaults at two hospitals: the Royal Stoke university hospital and Russells Hall hospital.

The defendant is scheduled to appear at the local magistrates' court on January 20th.

List of Charges

Prosecutors said the forty-five sexual offences include:

• Fifteen counts of sexual assault.
• 17 counts of assault by penetration.
• 9 counts of assault on a minor under thirteen.
• Three counts of penetrative assault on a child under thirteen.
• 1 count of attempting to assault by penetration.

Police are urging anyone with concerns to contact the relevant police force.