A South African-born doctor has been permanently removed from the UK medical register after being found guilty of an unsettling and deeply inappropriate act—putting his semen into a woman’s hot beverages.
Nicholas Chapman, 57, trained as a doctor in Cape Town before moving to the United Kingdom, where he later committed the offense while working in Somerset, England. A court previously found him guilty of sexual misconduct and sentenced him to a community order.
The case came to light after a woman reported a strange, salty taste in her coffee. When she began discarding drinks in the sink, she noticed a thick, gloopy substance left behind. She recalled the unsettling pattern, saying she initially had no idea what the substance was but later suspected something was very wrong. Over time, she estimated at least six incidents where she found a suspicious residue in drinks prepared for her.
Chapman allegedly delivered one to three cups of coffee a week to the woman. Following an investigation, it emerged he had stored hundreds of samples and used them in the drinks.
During the trial, the former doctor tried to justify his actions by claiming he suffered from a condition that caused him to unintentionally release semen while using the toilet. He also suggested, without evidence, that someone else may have tampered with the drinks as a prank. The court rejected both explanations.
Following the guilty verdict, he was suspended from his job at a local health institution and has now been officially removed from the register, effectively ending his medical career in the UK.