Dispenser struck off over practice theft

An optician who sold items from the Enfield practice he managed on the auction website eBay was struck off this week by the General Optical Council at a fitness to practise hearing in London.

Darren Reece Bedford has also received a police caution for theft. Other complaints against him were that he dispensed contact lenses and spectacles when he was not registered and supervised a trainee, again when unregistered.

Striking him off committee chair Margaret Hallendorff said: 'Mr Bedford's dishonesty, leaving aside the breach of trust which is obviously serious, is so serious that it is inconsistent in the committee's view with continued registration.'