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31.10.2022 - 18:47 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A woman who stole more than £155,000 from a medical practice while having an affair with one of the doctors has been jailed for 18 months. Jacqueline Rodger, 55, had a secret relationship with Dr Iain Hathorn while employed as practice manager at the Greenhills Medical Practice in East Kilbride, Lanarkshire.
The pair had been having regular trysts since 2011 but the illicit affair ended when Rodger got married. The relationship was revealed after an investigation was launched into cash problems at the practice.
The probe led to a confession from Hathorn who admitted being in a 'proper sexual affair' with Rodger. She later claimed she had been forced into the relationship however a police investigation dismissed her allegations.
After the affair became public, Rodger, who claimed to have taken the money due to stress, told Hathorn by text message: "Iain, it's Jacqueline. It was me that did it. I'm so sorry, so ashamed. You're all such lovely people."
A message sent to another doctor at the surgery said: "I am so sorry and ashamed of what I have done. You were all so good to me, I deserve everything that's coming my way." The investigation showed Rodger, who had worked at the centre since 2008, had been moving money to her own account disguised as dozens of bogus payments to locum doctors and office supply firms.
Rodger, of East Kilbride, appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court where she admitted embezzling £155,012.71 between April 2014 and February 2018. Sheriff Martin Jones KC said there was no alternative to prison.
Rodger had originally been accused of pocketing £224,375.39 but prosecutors accepted her guilty plea to the lesser amount. The court was told the medical centre was forced to close after the money was stolen.
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