Retired Pharmacist Removed from Register Following Conviction for Possession of Indecent Images of Children
Date of Decision: October 30, 2025
Registrant's Role: Pharmacist
Allegations:
- On 13 December 2024, convicted at Cannock Magistrates’ Court of:
- Making indecent photographs/pseudo-photographs of a child (x3)
- Possession of a prohibited image of a child
Outcome: Removal from the register
GPhC Standards Breached:
- Standard 6 – Pharmacy professionals must behave in a professional manner
Case Summary
Allegations
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) convened a Fitness to Practise hearing to consider the criminal conviction of a registered pharmacist for child sex offences. The pharmacist was convicted on 13 December 2024 at Cannock Magistrates’ Court for three counts of making indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of children and one count of possession of a prohibited image of a child. These serious offences took place over nearly a decade, between June 2013 and March 2022.
Following a police investigation that included a search of the registrant’s home in March 2023, authorities seized multiple digital devices. Forensic examination uncovered a shocking quantity of indecent images: 2,201 Category A, 3,548 Category B, 21,000 Category C, and 376 prohibited images. These were attributed to the registrant via user accounts and email addresses linked to the devices.
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