An IT worker has been jailed after stealing hospital laptops worth more than 12,000 during the height of the coronavirus crisis.
Neil Murthick, 42, from Darlington, took 27 computers intended to be used by brave NHS staff in order to pay off his gambling debt.
The agency worker was employed at Darlington Memorial Hospital to set the laptops up so staff could work from home.
Teesside Crown Court heard how he snuck into the store room and took two or three computers at a time between December 31 last year and May 27 this year.
Kelleigh Lodge, defending, told the court Mu…
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