Jonathon Dean was sentenced to 25 months after admitting to nine counts of drug theft
By Marco Marcelline
A former trainee anaesthetist at Whipps Cross Hospital has been jailed for stealing NHS drugs including morphine that he injected his girlfriend with during sex.
As reported by the BBC, Jonathon Dean, from Poplar, was sentenced on Friday (5th April) by judge Philip Grey for two years and one month.
Dean stole the drugs from Whipps Cross Hospital in December 2018, and used them consensually on his girlfriend during high-risk chemically enhanced sex sessions.
Sentencing the 32-year-old, Judge Grey said: “You stole anaesthetic drugs to get your sexual kicks. That was entirely clear from your messages at the time.”
He added that the drug theft struck “at the heart of the trust that’s placed” in the medical profession.
Concerns about Dean were first raised to the medical director at Whipps Cross when his girlfriend presented herself at a different hospital.
At an earlier hearing in November, Dean admitted to nine counts of theft of drugs including propofol, ondansetron, midazolam, cyclizine, and morphine.
He also pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing a controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.
Eight of the nine counts of drug theft related to their use for chemsex, while the ninth, for propofol, was reportedly for “self-medication” as he was suffering from anxiety and depression at the time.
In a letter to the judge read out by his defence team, Dean wrote that he “cannot undo what I have done… what I can do is apologise – I do so unreservedly”.
He added: “I let a lot of people down and brought shame on myself and my profession.”
As well as jail him for 25 months, the judge ordered the confiscation of needles and other medical items from his home.
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