Charge
At a hearing held 22 March 2018, the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal considered a charge laid by the Professional Conduct Committee, against Ms E (the Nurse).
The charge alleged that the Nurse had been convicted of wilfully attempting to pervert the course of justice by preventing a witness from testifying in a criminal trial.
The Nurse defended the charge.
Findings
The Tribunal found that in this matter the conviction did not reflect adversely on the Nurse's fitness to practise as a nurse.
The Tribunal noted that the Nurse had acted primarily as a concerned mother and sought to protect her daughter from the traumatic incident she had experienced, as well as reported trauma from a court room process.
The charge was not established and the charge was dismissed.