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UK: Clinic computer stolen by addict (updated)

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Dissent

Lisa Nightingale reports:

A former heroin addict with a criminal record spanning 30 years has apologised for stealing a computer from a GPs’ surgery.

David Graham walked out of Flagg Court Primary Care Centre, South Shields, with one of its computers, containing patients’ files, on November 9.

The 44-year-old, a former patient at the surgery, appeared before South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court, where he pleaded guilty to one count of entering as a trespasser and stealing a computer and monitor worth £300.

Read more in the Shields Gazette.

The computer, which contained encrypted patient records, was recovered from his home.

Updated Nov. 20: Graham, who has 37 previous convictions dating back to 1975, was sentenced to a 12-month community order and ordered to undertake a 12-month drug and rehabilitation order.

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