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BBC News
16-05-2025
- BBC News
Bradford nurse who defrauded NHS out of £70,000 jailed
A former nurse who defrauded an NHS Trust out of more than £70,000 by claiming wages for unworked shifts has been jailed for 18 Armitage, of Edmund Street, Bradford, booked and approved himself for 185 backdated overtime shifts at a mental health unit in Greater Manchester, which he had not 33-year-old had been a cocaine addict and ran up debts at the time of his offending, between September 2019 and March 2021, Bradford Crown Court pleaded guilty to fraud by abuse of position, which was described by a judge as "persistent, sophisticated and determined," at his sentencing at the same court on Thursday. "It was a gross abuse of the trust that had been placed in you by your employer," Recorder Ian Mullarkey a team leader and mental health practitioner at a medium secure unit, told police he had found he could authorise his own shifts by mainly claimed for night shifts, which were paid at a higher rate, a Greater Manchester Mental Health Foundation Trust spokesperson backdated the shifts, meaning they did not appear on any rota and therefore did not raise suspicion, the Trust added. 'Fall from grace' Data revealed no evidence of Armitage entering or exiting the unit during the 185 shifts he fraudulently claimed for, the Trust spokesperson offending cost the NHS a total of £72,632.71 in wages and holiday pay, the court Erin Kitson-Parker, defending, said Armitage was ashamed of his behaviour and realised the money he had taken could have been used to have a substantial impact on patient care."He understands he abused his position, and he understands he has to be accountable," she said."It is a great fall from grace for this defendant."Recorder Mullarkey said only an immediate prison sentence was did not make a compensation order due to Armitage's lack of means, as the court heard he was still in debt and was now receiving was dismissed by the Trust during its investigation and has been suspended from working as a nurse by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North
Times
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
Bradley Wiggins: I was a functioning cocaine addict
Bradley Wiggins has revealed that he was a 'functioning cocaine addict' and that his son feared he would find him dead. Wiggins, 45, became the first British cyclist to win the Tour de France in 2012 and — with eight Olympic medals, including five gold — he is one of the most decorated Britons ever at the Games. However, after retiring in 2016, Wiggins fell into debt and addiction. Last year, it emerged that he had been left bankrupt and had resorted to 'sofa surfing' between friends' houses. He lost his £975,000 family home and his marriage collapsed and — in his new autobiography, The Chain, which is being published this year and serialised in The Observer — he reveals that his family
