He later confessed to stealing a total 896 codeine tablets on 32 of the trips but blamed the thefts on him using up his own prescription for a recurring back problem.
During an annual review meeting with health managers in April 2016 he was given an ‘unsatisfactory’ rating and left the hospital the following August
Wilkinson invaded Aintree Hospital in Merseyside on 75 occasions and was seen by nurses wandering around wards and placing packs of tablets into his backpack before being stopped by a manager. In a statement at the time of his arrest, Wilkinson said: ‘In the last 12 months I have found myself requiring more and more Codeine tablets which were originally introduced to me by my GP by prescription.’
The Manchester hearing was told he had suffered from bouts of depression since 2005 and been prescribed codeine in 2012 due to his severe back problems. ‘Dr Wilkinson later told police he had taken a quantity of Codeine tablets, which were retrieved from his bag.’
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