A GP has been found guilty of a string of indecent assaults against seven patients. Stephen Cox, 65, was found guilty of 12 counts of indecent assault and acquitted of a further four following a four-week retrial at Reading Crown Court, Thames Valley Police said. The force said that over a number of years Cox repeatedly indecently assaulted seven of his female patients in Berkshire on the pretext of carrying out routine medical examinations.
Cox, from Shropshire, worked as a family doctor in Bracknell during the 1980s and 1990s. Now, police say there is a possibility Cox has committed other offences during his career, which included practising in the Ouse Valley in Sussex. The offences Cox has been found guilty of happened before the use of computerised healthcare records, which meant the police investigation revolved around handwritten GP notes.
READ MORE: Prison nurse met up with patient and pair kissed on the beach Cox claimed he did not remember any of the patients, the force said, and denied the allegations, saying it was either misunderstanding, an accident, or that his victims were not telling the truth. Investigating officer Detective Constable Sara Di Giorgio said Cox had betrayed the trust of his patients. “These offences occurred many years ago, over a period of time in the 1980s and 1990s,” she said.
“Dr Stephen Cox’s victims had the courage to come forward to report these offences, and I am pleased that the jury carefully considered the evidence and came .