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Boots locum pharmacist 'wrote false Codeine prescription'
A PHARMACIST wrote out a prescription for Codeine after he was threatened as he put out the bins, a court heard.
Locum pharmacist wrote out a prescription for the opiate pain killer while working at the Boots store in Marlborough.
Lawyers for Ariyan Hassan, 27, claim he was threatened by an unknown man while he was putting the bins out outside his home.
Martin Hadley, defending, told Swindon Magistrates’ Court last week: “He’s challenged by an individual who says get me this stuff or else.
“It’s not duress because he’d got plenty of time to run – run to the police - in the intervening period. He knows he’s been a fool.