Student DO erased from GOC registers following theft

Student dispensing optician Kirsty Brown has been erased from the registers of The General Optical Council (GOC) after dishonestly pocketing funds from Boots.

The student, from Rhyl, Denbighshire, admitted to thefts from Boots Opticians practices she managed during a nine month period in 2014.

Brown was convicted of fraud in March after making a false representations that she was entitled to receive monetary refunds to the value of £3,456.45. She also admitted theft after stealing £730 from the company during the same period.

Her methods were to credit refunds to her own bank card and retain cash rather than place it in the till, the GOC heard.