A convicted North West drug lord whose gang supplied hundreds of kilos of cocaine and heroin around the UK has been struck off as a registered mental health nurse.
Alan Tobin, then 52, of Regency Park, Widnes, was jailed for 20 years at Liverpool Crown Court in April last year for two counts of conspiracy to supply Class A and two for Class B. On Monday, a Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) fitness to practise committee held a "virtual hearing" to consider whether Tobin’s fitness to practise was “impaired” as a result of his convictions.
The NMC struck him off as a registered mental health nurse and imposed an interim suspension of 18 months to cover Tobin’s opportunity to launch an appeal within 28 days of the striking-off order. The session took place supported with advice from a legal assessor.
