A shamed mental health nurse who sexually assaulted a vulnerable patient while working at a psychiatric hospital has been struck off by a watchdog.
Richard McLellan attacked the woman during a night shift while she was being treated at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital in January 2019.
The 39-year-old, from Bathgate, West Lothian, was found to have put his hand underneath her underwear before she told another staff member what had happened. Despite denying the allegations, the predator was found guilty by a jury following a three day trial at Edinburgh Sheriff Court last year.
