A student dispensing optician cautioned by police for theft from her employers has been struck off the register in her absence by a General Optical Council (GOC) fitness to practise committee.
It was the panel's opinion that Robyn Leach's fitness to practise was impaired because of the caution she received on November 12, 2008 at Fareham police station for stealing from her employer.
Despite the fact that Leach expressed remorse and repaid the money, the committee decided that she had committed a serious breach of trust involving the manipulation of records and the misuse of the employer's financial system when she was in sole charge. Therefore it concluded that the only appropriate sanction was erasure.
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