Nurofen tamperer gets 18 months

A codeine addict who contaminated packets of Nurofen Plus in a ruse to fund his habit was jailed by a UK court today for 18 months.

Nurofen tamperer gets 18 months
Mon, 28 May, 2012 - 17:30

A codeine addict who contaminated packets of Nurofen Plus in a ruse to fund his habit was jailed by a UK court today for 18 months.

Christopher McGuire cost the manufacturers £2.4m and saved himself just £7 by placing strips of an anti-psychotic drug in empty packets of the painkiller and swapping them for new packets at pharmacies.

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CourtsHeathrowPlace: The Glades Shopping CentrePlace: Bromley, south-east LondonPlace: LondonPlace: Victoria StationPlace: Beckenham High StreetPlace: east LondonPlace: Edzell DrivePlace: GlasgowPlace: Swanley, KentPerson: Christopher McGuirePerson: Alistair McCreathPerson: McGuirePerson: Peter LethamPerson: Paul ConnorPerson: LethamPerson: ConnorPerson: JacquelinePerson: McCreathOrganisation: Nurofen PlusOrganisation: Southwark Crown CourtOrganisation: Reckitt BenckiserOrganisation: Boots pharmacyOrganisation: SeroquelOrganisation: Boots
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