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Doctor acquitted of murdering cancer victim

Title
Doctor acquitted of murdering cancer victim
Genre
News report; Press conference
TX Date
15 Mar 1990
Year of production
1990
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Duration
00:03:38
Description
Simon Israel reports on Dr Stephen Lodwig being acquitted of murdering a terminally ill cancer patient, Robert Spratley(?), after injecting too large a dose of painkillers in 1988. Includes comment from his solicitor Robert Summerling(?); crown prosecutor John Wilcox (over telephone); and General Manager of West Berkshire Health Authority, Michael Taylor.
Contributors
Michael Taylor; Simon Israel; Robert Summerling(?); John Wilcox
Keywords
Medical ethics; Homicide; Cancer; Trials; Doctors; Verdicts; Robert Spratley(?); Stephen Lodwig

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