Stornoway theft and forgery

A Western Isles woman has been jailed over theft and forgery charges.

Elizabeth Ann Macneil stole two blank prescription forms from the accident and emergency department at Western Isles Hospital in Stornoway on 29 August 2014.

The following day she presented a forged prescription for 10 diazepam tablets at a Stornoway chemist’s shop.

The signature of an island GP had been falsified on the form.

The 26-year-old, formerly of Barra but now living in Tong, Lewis, also admitted breaching a community payback order previously imposed for struggling with a police officer in Castlebay in July 2011.

At the time, she also hindered ambulance staff by lashing out with her arms and legs.

Sheriff Sutherland pointed out that he did not impose jail sentences “out of default.”

He highlighted he had “considered everything here” before handing down a six month custody term.

Sentencing for traffic offences she had committed was deferred to a later date.

Islander jailed for theft and forgery

23 May 2016