Hyacinth Blair, 63, worked as an administrator for South London and Maudsley NHS trust.
According to the Telegraph, between June 2021 and January 2023 she withdrew £80,000 from the trust’s accounts.
Blair sent the money to a man in Nigeria named Michael Okafor, with whom she had entered an online relationship.
She said he pressured her to send the money and she felt “helpless”.
Judge Lynn Tayton KC, gave Blair a two-year jail sentence, suspended for two years, after he admitted fraud by abuse of position.
The judge said the funds were intended for public services and Blair’s actions theft caused distress amongst her colleagues.
She said: “There had to be thorough review of financial controls and ... incidents like this undermine confidence in the council’s systems.
“The consequences of your actions will be felt for long time and the impact on staff and the community was severe.”
Judge Tayton said Blair had first told probation officers she “had no idea” why she had taken the money, but then said she believed she was “in an online relationship with a man in Nigeria who demanded money”
She added: “You said you felt pressure to give this money. You told the officer you felt concerned about taking money from your employer but felt helpless.
“In my view there was sustained dishonesty not only explained by pressure or mental health issues.”
The judge said Blair has suffered from depression and is now unemployed and on universal credit.
She suspended Blair’s sentence because there were “no previous convictions” and “references speak of positive good character”.
Blair must complete 250 hours of unpaid work and 15 days of rehabilitation activity, and is required to undergo six months of mental health treatment.
“You are fortunate. Be very clear, if you come back before this court you will go to prison," the judge said.
Daily Express
See talk..
ReplyDelete"She felt helpless"
A thief oo..
You left all the men you can see with your korokoro eyes to go and be chasing something that's too good to be true.. you no dey tell yourself truth.. you see fine man professing love to you, him go probably dey send you big deek photos too.. na wetin make you feel helpless be that.. werey.. common sense didn't tell you such a man is only there for money or something you will be offering but no,. You must deceive yourself..
If you like don't wise up..
And you scammers,. May those monies give you unlimited sorrows
Lol person wey don collect her own percentage keep!! These white women are now fully aware that those yahoo boys just wana use them to pick funds and share percentage with them..........
ReplyDeleteGreedy people! Michael Okafor this story up here na trap oooo trust me they must be working on how to pick you soon or later. People wey chop covid benefit money 2020, shocking you FBI dey their neck 2025 presently.Allegedly efcc got a new list of Nigerians to be extradit soon, many people don dey on the run
Why nah, isn't stealing a crime anymore?
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ReplyDeleteThe way Oyinbos love their people ehn, is applaudable
ReplyDeleteIf it is to be in Nigeria now, people would start to shout lawless country, hopeless country, shit hole country. White people don't really care about crime when it is connected with their people. Take Eipsten file as a case study, rich,powerful and connected people were using underage girls for sex and pleasure and they are transporting them around for years, nobody does anything about it, when it came to light, what do they do? Try to sweep it under the carpet, and eliminating people who might talk and doing a lot of out of court settlement. The law is an ass anywhere in the world. Just a tool of dealing with people who are not connected.
ReplyDeleteThis is the last days. The devil has taken over. We have to know God for ourselves. Does this make sense to us? Please everyone pray.
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