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Logan Pritchard A teenager who started a fire on a double-decker bus with a lighter close to where an unwell student was sleeping has been jailed. Logan Pritchard, now 18, was sent to a young offenders’ institute for two years and nine months at Liverpool Crown Court after he pleaded guilty to arson while reckless as to whether life would be endangered. Judge Robert Trevor-Jones described the act, in which Pritchard, who at the back of the top deck set fire to a seat in front of him as one of “dangerous and reckless stupidity”. Pritchard started the fire on January 28, 2020 on a 10A Stagecoach bus after getting on at Bridge Street, St Helens.
A NURSE who stole medication prescribed to a recently deceased resident at a care home she worked at has been spared jail. Jodie Smith, from Rainford, took a prescription of Lorazepam, which is used to treat anxiety and sleeping problems, as she was ‘struggling to cope’ with the pressures of working during the coronavirus pandemic. She was caught with the class C drug after being spotted driving ‘erratically’ by swerving in the road and mounting the kerb. The reason for this was drinking a bottle of wine after finishing her shift working at The Old Vicarage Care Home in Burtonwood.
A NURSE who stole medication prescribed to a recently deceased resident at a care home she worked at has been spared jail. Jodie Smith took a prescription of Lorazepam, which is used to treat anxiety and sleeping problems, as she was ‘struggling to cope’ with the pressures of working during the coronavirus pandemic. She was caught with the class C drug after being spotted driving ‘erratically’ by swerving in the road and mounting the kerb. The reason for this was drinking a bottle of wine after finishing her shift working at The Old Vicarage Care Home in Burtonwood. The 35-year-old appeared for sentence at Liverpool, Knowsley and St Helens Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday after admitting charges of theft, possession of a class C drug and drink driving.