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Dad deprived sick kids after 'despicable' robbery from children's hospital
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A dad-of-two and former IT contractor deprived sick kids of learning after stealing £30,000 worth of iPads from a children's hospital. Mohammed Moosbally robbed the expensive equipment, which was meant to go to the homes of ill children to help them with their development.
The 54-year-old was spared jail after the court heard of his personal circumstances, including his diagnosis of PTSD after witnessing the Hillsborough disaster, the ECHO reports.
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Moosbally sold the stolen iPads to pay for drugs and accommodation whilst he was sleeping rough, Liverpool Crown Court heard. One hundred new iPads worth £48,000 were delivered to Alder Hey Hospital on May 26 last year. The hospital has purchased the devices to send them to the homes of sick children.
Derek Jones, prosecuting, said the iPads were due to be loaned to children whose families couldn't afford IT equipment and used for online consultations with staff. Mr Jones added: "An important consequence of these online consultations would mean the children would miss a lot less school."
The court heard Alder Hey rented a shipping container from Merseyside Police in the secure car park of Eaton Road Police Station in West Derby. Using an identity pass, key fob and codes, hospital staff could enter an office there, where keys to the container were held in a safe.
But when hospital IT staff went to the container on November 10, Mr Jones said they discovered "every single one of those 100 iPads was missing". Staff used Apple software to send a message to the iPads - appearing on the login screen - saying they belonged to Alder Hey.
A customer who had bought an iPad from CeX contacted the electronic
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