Nurse stabbed herself outdoors hospital earlier than claiming random assault by affected person
An NHS nurse who stabbed herself outdoors a hospital and blamed it on a affected person has been jailed.
In November 2018 Donna Maxwell, 48, staged an assault on the Ailsa Hospital in Ayr, Scotland in a bid to earn cash by way of compensation. An enormous police response adopted and an harmless lady needed to seem in courtroom in relation to the incident. The lady was cleared however has since handed away.
During the four-day trial at Ayr Sheriff Court, Maxwell, of Irvine, Ayrshire, insisted that she had been the harmless sufferer of a random assault outdoors the power which offers with psychological well being, psychiatry and addictions. However, footage that confirmed her shopping for a knife from Tesco that matched the one which stabbed her referred to as into query these claims and in the end unravelled her case.
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According to MailOnline, she collapsed as she was handed a yr within the cage after being discovered responsible of losing police time by the jury, who heard that the investigation into the incident had on the time value taxpayers £103,000. That quantity was anticipated to rise past this, in addition they heard.
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Her defence Ian Gillies, stated: “This matter has gone on for some considerable time now and her position remains as she gave evidence at the trial. It is a serious matter and the gravity of the offence has to be judged and you could deal with that without the need for a custodial disposal.
“The court has to deal with her on the basis that she carried out this attack on her herself. But I don’t see who a sentence of imprisonment would benefit.”
Maxwell instructed the courtroom that the claims had been “untrue” and stated she had been confronted by the attacker.
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A detective sergeant in Police Scotland’s cyber crime unit, James McGoldrick, stated searches had been discovered on Maxwell’s units for “woman’s anatomy” and “woman’s anatomy diagram,” as well as “claim compensation” on the UK Government’s website and “claim compensation if victim of crime”.
Sheriff Shirley Foran said: “You have been found guilty of a serious instance of wasting police time by making a false report of a knife attack.
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“The local community feared a knife attacker was at large, Ayr Hospital was secured for a period of time and further alarm was caused to one close colleague that she may have been the intended target and she was left fearing upset and anxiety
“The divergence of police resources to your report meant the public were deprived of their efforts. Most heinously of all, your report led to a number of women being subjected to investigation and one was remanded for eight days. You have shown no remorse or have you taken any responsibility.”
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