Pharmacy Technician Convicted of Knife Possession and Assaulting Police Officers Receives GPhC Warning After Exceptional Mitigation

Allegations

This case concerned a registered pharmacy technician who was convicted of serious criminal offences following an incident on 2 June 2025. The convictions related to two assaults on police officers and possession of a kitchen knife in a public place. The case was heard by the General Pharmaceutical Council Fitness to Practise Committee at a principal hearing held remotely on 3 and 4 June 2026.

The police report stated that officers had been called after a member of the public reported seeing the registrant chasing two unknown people with a kitchen knife. The registrant then entered a nearby property. When police officers attended the address, they described the registrant as erratic, distressed, shouting, screaming and resisting attempts to control the situation. The officers’ statements recorded that the registrant had disclosed she had run out with a knife because she believed she had received threats and because eggs had been thrown at her door.