A man has been given a suspended sentence for the theft of over £42,000 worth of Viagra.
Eugene O'Neill, 53, originally from Northern Ireland but believed to be living in the Halton area, appeared at Chester Crown Court earlier this month for sentencing after previously pleading guilty to the theft of Viagra - an erectile dysfunction medication - from his workplace Phoenix Medical Supplies in Runcorn.
O'Neill stole a pallet of the medication from the warehouse where he worked on Thursday, January 21, 2021. It was later determined that what he stole was valued at £42,466.05.
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Months later, on Wednesday, 3 March 2021 another member of staff reported O'Neill for theft after reviewing CCTV footage which showed the pallet of medication being loaded into a van.
O'Neill was spared jail and given an 18-month suspended sentence for theft by employee by Mr Recorder Simon Parrington at the sentencing hearing at Chester Crown Court on Tuesday of this week. O'Neill has also been ordered to complete 275 hours of unpaid work for the crime.
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