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Serial shoplifter banned from all Boots stores in England and Wales

Criminal behaviour order bars convicted shoplifter from all Boots branches

18 Nov 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Retired pharmacist struck off for possessing indecent images of children

Nicholas Grant Ford was convicted of three counts of making indecent photograph/pseudo-photograph of a child and one of possessing a prohibited image of a child.

03 Nov 2025 , 3 Min Article

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Police hunt woman after seizing £32,000 of alleged fake Mounjaro and Ozempic

Detectives from City of London Police want to question Christina Parfitt, 40, in connection with the illegal sale of the medicines.

01 Sep 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Police drop case after NPA chair ‘threatened’ by 'thief' caught on CCTV

Police response lacking in wake of theft distress says NPA chair Olivier Picard

20 Aug 2025 , 1 Min Article

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‘The police aren’t interested’: London pharmacy lost £100 a day to shoplifters

Thieves 'aren't frightened at all' says Lewis Grove Pharmacy owner Salim Jetha

12 Aug 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Man caused ‘fear or alarm’ after shouting and swearing at pharmacy staff

Andrew Robertson, 40, reacted aggressively at a branch of Numark when told his weekly prescription was a day late. he will be sentenced on August 22.

01 Aug 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Court spares pharmacy team member who stole Ozempic prison time

Akshay Sennik, 31, stole two Ozempic pens from New Cross Pharmacy in South-East London where he worked and sold them on.

22 Jul 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacy technician who possessed and distributed indecent images of children struck off

Axel Savage, who did not attend the GPhC fitness-to-practise hearing, was sentenced in July 2024 to 20 months’ in prison suspended for two years.

17 Jul 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacy in West London helped save life of teenage stabbing victim

The team at Ruislip Manor Pharmacy administered first aid and stemmed the flow of blood after a teenager was stabbed in a nearby park.

14 Jul 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacist caught grooming “boy” in police sting given suspended sentence

Tony O'Neill, 45, from Hoskins Lane, Marton, Middlesbrough, sent sexual messages to who he thought was a 14-year-old boy.

29 May 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacist who forged prescriptions and falsified patient records struck off

Stephen James Fleck created 16 handwritten prescriptions by forging a doctor’s signature and falsified patient records to generate 43 prescription requests.

23 Apr 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Exclusive: Pharmacy staff wear panic button devices like necklaces to stop criminals

Umesh Patel told Independent Community Pharmacist he has been very concerned for his staff's safety at Leema Pharmacy in Sunderland.

20 Mar 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Man who threatened pharmacy staff in Bristol with knife jailed

Daniel Bennett, 41, of Wedmore Vale, Bedminster, threatened pharmacy staff in Bristol with a knife before making off with prescription medicine.

17 Mar 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacist convicted of possessing indecent images of children struck off

Patrick Colm Hassan pleaded guilty to making an indecent photograph/pseudo-photograph of a child and possessing an extreme pornographic image.

27 Feb 2025 , 2 Min Article

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Pharmacist jailed for two years for sexual assault of teenager

Tauqeer Azam, 41, was today also placed on the sex offenders register for 10 years at Glasgow Sheriff Court.

13 Feb 2025 , 2 Min Article

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Pharmacy dispenser faces prison after admitting stealing and selling drugs

Lanarkshire woman pleaded guilty to nine charges of stealing and being involved in the supply of CDs.

10 Dec 2024 , 1 Min Article

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