Nurse who poisoned young boy with 'industrial amounts' of laxatives over three years - leaving him emaciated, permanently disfigured and with a growth stunt - is jailed for seven years

A caregiver who deliberately poisoned a young lad with 'industrial amounts' of laxatives has contiguous been jailed for 7 years. 

Former NHS idiosyncratic Tracy Menhinick, 52, was recovered blameworthy of 'wilfully' ill-treating the kid successful a mode apt to origin him unnecessary suffering oregon wounded to wellness connected assorted occasions implicit the people of 3 years from 2014.

The auxiliary caregiver administered a non-prescribed medication, namely the laxative lactulose, which caused his improvement and mobility to beryllium affected and led to him being admitted to hospital.

Menhinick, of Aberdeen, past consented to treatments, procedures and operations connected the kid which she knew were unnecessary, 'all to his imperishable disfigurement, imperishable impairment and to the information of his life', the indictment said.

The boy, who cannot beryllium named, was said to person been near looking similar 'someone from Auschwitz' pursuing his ordeal. 

Menhinick was convicted successful February pursuing a proceedings astatine the High Court successful Aberdeen. 

Menhinick, who appeared astatine a tribunal successful a wheelchair and is present said to beryllium bed-bound, was jailed for 7 years erstwhile she appeared for sentencing astatine the High Court in Glasgow connected Tuesday.

The ill-treatment happened connected assorted occasions erstwhile the lad was aged betwixt 3 and six astatine an code successful Aberdeen, astatine Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital and elsewhere.

Judge Lady Drummond recalled a witnesser describing the lad arsenic 'emaciated' during the trial. 

The judge told Menhinick: 'You caused him to beryllium successful that state.' 

The lad had been admitted to Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital successful October 2016 amid concerns for his value loss. Menhinick was being observed by kid extortion officers but nary grounds was past recovered of her poisoning the child.

Asked by Mr Kearney what conclusions helium had drawn, Dr Sullivan said: 'He had been administered important quantities of lactulose. If an concern dose is given... helium would go highly unwell.'

Menhinick was removed from caring for the lad aft a trial effect from Great Ormond Street Hospital successful London confirmed lactulose was present.

Dr Sullivan said the boy's information past 'dramatically' improved and helium concluded Munchausen's Syndrome by proxy was the reason.

The tribunal besides heard a vessel of lactulose had been recovered pursuing a hunt of Menhinick's house.

Great Ormond Street Hospital's Dr Keith Findley said the kid looked similar 'someone from Auschwitz' due to the fact that helium was truthful thin.

The proceedings was presented with 5,500 pages of grounds and aesculapian records. 

The sentencing was initially delayed so that a psychiatric study about Menhinick could beryllium prepared.

Judge Lady Drummond had been told my Menhinick's defence that she had a 'package of intelligence wellness problems'.

Frances Connor, representing Menhinick, antecedently said: 'It would beryllium hard to spot however Ms Menhinick's diagnoses could not person impacted connected her behaviour fixed the quality of the offence.'

Jurors recovered Menhinick blameworthy of ill-treating the lad and administering non-prescribed medicines betwixt April 1, 2014, and July 21, 2017.