A burglar stole a doctor's prescription pad and used it in a "spree" of pharmacies because he was in pain, a court heard. Nigel Wood, 42, of Hartington View, Staveley, Chesterfield, had been prescribed pain medication for medical conditions.
But his GP withdrew the drugs, it was claimed, and so he went to Newgate Medical Group in Worksop, where he is not registered, and took the prescription pad and used it. He managed to get his hands on Codeine phosphate from Boots - but failed in other attempts.
He also shoplifted from a One Stop shop in Worksop. After arrest and charge, Wood was sentenced for burglary, thefts and fraud by false representation and was jailed for two years on Friday (May 5). He was given credit for his earlier pleas of guilty.
