Security guard stole £200,000 from NHS car park pay machines

Security guard stole £200,000 from NHS car park pay machines A security guard and his wife masterminded a £200,000 theft racket at a hospital in which he and colleagues plundered enough NHS cash to pay the salaries of six full-time nurses for a year.

Peter O'Garro, 52, looted car parking pay stations he was assigned to guard. He and his wife Karen, a hospice nurse, then used the stolen fees to buy a quad bike, jewellery and high-value electrical goods.

Over a seven-month period, O'Garro and three workmates from a private security firm hired by bosses at Wythenshawe Hospital in Manchester stole up to £39,000 a month from the machines. Two of the gang also got their partners to look after the proceeds. The Daily Telegraph