Nigel Leigh Cox (born 1945 in Surrey) is an English consultant rheumatologist and one of the few doctors in Britain to have been charged with attempted murder.
[1][2] In 1992 he was convicted of the attempted murder of patient Lillian Boyes, and received a suspended sentence.
Boyes was administering 50 mg an hour but a nurse stated, "She howled and screamed like a dog" when anybody touched her.
[1] Cox was tried at Winchester Crown Court in September 1992 by Mr Justice Ognall.
Cox was charged with attempted murder, since it was impossible to conclusively prove that the injection he gave killed her.
[2] In November 1992, the professional conduct committee of the General Medical Council decided to take no further action.