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Animal medicines prosecution: Mrs Marie Darnborough

Details of the prosecution of Mrs Marie Darnborough Published in August 2017.

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On 28 July 2017 at Huddersfield Magistrates Court, Mrs Marie Darnborough pleaded guilty to 10 charges under sections 1 and 2 of the Fraud Act 2006.

Mrs Darnborough was fined £290, with £30 victim surcharge and £85 costs were awarded against her.

This case related to prescription fraud in which Mrs Darnborough dishonestly made false representations on multiple occasions, namely by submitting prescriptions for veterinary medicines to online pharmacies, purporting that they had been issued by a veterinary surgeon.

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Published 3 August 2017