crime
Guard bashed outside Chemist Warehouse
A Sydney security guard has been brutally bashed by an alleged shoplifter outside a Chemist Warehouse. The Hornsby Advocate’s Nigel Gladstone reports that the 39-year-old security guard was left with …
Nurse guilty after giving Risperidone to wrong patients
An aged care nurse has been found guilty of professional misconduct after tampering with patients’ Webster packs Brian McLean, who at the time worked for McLeay Valley House, a Thompson …
No jail for forging script after overdose death
A pharmacist who supplied a man who later overdosed with zopiclone and codeine has been sentenced to 10 months’ home detention and 200 hours’ community work. Terrence Wong, also known …
‘Please don’t hurt me’… knife robber sentenced
A New Zealand-born man has been sentenced to three years and five months imprisonment after he pled guilty to a string of offences including the armed robbery of a pharmacy. …
‘Don’t go out or I stab you’ – pharmacy robbed
A pharmacist pushed a knife-wielding robber to the ground over the weekend so he could escape his own pharmacy to get help. At around 10am on Sunday, a man entered …
Pitchfork-wielding robber charged
A man attempted to rob a Palmwoods pharmacy armed with a pitchfork, Queensland police allege. It will be alleged that around 2.44pm, a man armed with a pitchfork entered the …
Three-year suspension for trafficking dextromethorphan
A pharmacist has been suspended until 2019 after he was convicted of two counts of trafficking dextromethorphan, claiming “long hours” and “lack of judgement” as contributing factors. The Pharmacy Board …
Charges laid for robbing pharmacy with syringe
Two people have been charged following investigations into the armed robbery of a pharmacy at Matraville earlier this month. Just before midday Saturday 16 July 2016, a man entered the …
World news wrapup: 28 July 2016
AJP takes a look at pharmacy-related news around the world Mykonos, Greece: An Athens pharmacist has been arrested for trafficking in cocaine and hashish in Mykonos clubs, the Greek Reporter …
Suspended after net pharmacy ‘infiltrated by addicts’
A British pharmacist has been suspended for 12 months and his wife given a warning after an internet pharmacy business was allowed to be “infiltrated by addicts” seeking Codeine Linctus. …
Pharmacy robber pepper sprays himself
A robbery in Western Australia last week went wrong when a man attempted to spray a pharmacist with pepper spray – and instead turned the spray on himself. According to …
Pharmacy extensively damaged in overnight fire
A pharmacy in Sydney’s west has been significantly damaged by fire overnight. According to NSW Police, detectives will be examining the scene of a fire which damaged the business at …