A woman pretended to be a doctor and treated the casualty at the scene of an electric bike accident, a court was told on Thursday.
Joanne Graham got out of her car with two large bags of medical equipment and a clipboard, cut off clothing and fitted the patient with an oxygen mask. Graham, 47, of Mount Terrace, Corwen, North Wales denied pretending to be a medical practitioner by "wilfully and falsely using the title of doctor" at her trial at Llandudno Magistrates.
The court was told she claimed to have numerous qualifications including for "battlefield" treatments and she insisted she had introduced herself as a "trauma medic" after cyclist Martin Jones fell off his bike and ended up two feet down a ditch on the side of Green Lane in Corwen on June 27, 2021.
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But the magistrates said it was clear she had wrongly identified herself as a doctor. They fined her £600. She must also pay £750 costs and a £60 surcharge, the Daily Post reports. Prosecutor Adam Warner said Graham had stopped her car that day and offered to help as others did.
Witness Detective Constable David Buckley, who was off duty and walking his dog, told the court: “A blue Land Rover Freelander stopped. A lady in boots, jeans and a shirt got out and said ‘I’m a doctor’." He said he felt “relieved that another medical professional was now on scene.”
Another witness Police Constable Bethan Williams, who is DC Buckley’s partner and was also off duty, told the court the defendant "stuck her head out (of her car) and said ‘I’m a doctor, can I assist?'” PC Williams told the court she took out “what I perceived to be a red medical bag” containing medical equipment and bandages.
Another witness Karen Jones told the court her son, who was with his Uncle Martin - Mr Jones - rang her about her brother's accident. She found her brother, who she said has a prosthetic leg, in a V-shaped ditch. She told the court that several people were there and the defendant called herself a "trauma doctor". She said she felt relieved someone "so important" was there. She denied in cross examination Graham had called herself a "trauma medic".
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