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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