Doctor and her husband jailed for selling stolen PPE during pandemic

Attiya Sheikh had been working as a locum at Hairmyres Hospital in East Kilbride at the time.

A doctor and her husband who sold stolen NHS Personal Protective Equipment online during the height of the pandemic have been jailed for ten months each.

Attiya Sheikh had been working as a locum at Hairmyres Hospital in East Kilbride when there was a global shortage of masks and gloves

More than 100 boxes of protective gloves and masks were found by police at her home in Thornliebank near Glasgow.

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