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Iona Young

Edinburgh hospital patient tells of 'flashbacks' after nurse conviction

An Edinburgh hospital patient who told of the 'crushing distress and flashbacks' she has experienced after a nurse was found guilty of engaging in sexual activity with her.

The mental health nurse was spared a jail sentence after being found guilty of engaging in sexual activity with the survivor while he worked a nightshift on an NHS psychiatric ward at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital.

Richard McLellan was placed on the Sex Offenders Register for three years and ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work in the community. The patient was being treated for a mental disorder at the capital’s Royal Edinburgh Hospital in 2019.

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