Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
Daily Mail's corrections and
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A veterinary nurse has been struck off after he was caught injecting himself with a dog anaesthetic.
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he → strike → anaesthetic
Robert Drummond was found passed out naked at his veterinary practice after taking the drug usually used for pets.
An ambulance was called for the vet nurse, who had previously been spotted injecting himself in his car outside the practice.
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who → find → practice
His case was initially deferred by a disciplinary panel but he has now reappeared at a Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) misconduct hearing and been struck off.
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he → defer → hearing
Mr Drummond had been registered as a veterinary nurse since 2017 and worked as a locum at Collier and Brock Vets in Irvine, Ayrshire, for several months in 2023.
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Drummond → register → 2023
The RCVS said he was caught stealing and injecting Alfaxan – a prescription-only general anaesthetic used for pets – and Lidocaine, another anaesthetic.
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he → say → pets
The hearing was told that he stole prescription Lidocaine from the practice in August 2023.
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he → tell → August
Two passers-by saw Mr Drummond ‘slumped in the driving seat’ of his car as if he was sleeping.
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he → see → car
They said: ‘He was holding a syringe, which he was injecting into his skin between his thumb and forefinger of his left hand.’
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he → say → hand
The RCVS said Drummond was caught stealing and injecting Alfaxan – a prescription-only general anaesthetic used for pets
One of the women decided to speak to him and ask if he was unwell but Mr Drummond replied: ‘No, I am just having a wee sleep.
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I → say → sleep
They went into the branch to report what had happened, sparking a probe.
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what → go → probe
Mr Drummond admitted stealing Lidocane but denied injecting it, saying the syringe contained an anaesthetic for dogs having their nails clipped.
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nails → admit → dogs
The second incident took place a month later when he injected Alfaxan from the practice while on duty.
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he → take → duty
Staff discovered an ‘unshaven, dishevelled and unkempt’ Mr Drummond on the bathroom floor with his scrub trousers and underwear at his ankles.
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Staff → discover → ankles
He was initially unresponsive and an ambulance was called.
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ambulance → call → ?
When questioned afterwards he insisted he did not take the medication to get a ‘high’ but admitted taking the Alfaxan and injecting himself.
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he → question → himself
He said in a statement: ‘I am fully aware that I should not have injected myself with the Alfaxan.
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I → say → Alfaxan
‘I accept what I did was stupid and I was embarrassed by what I had done.’
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I → accept → what
Mr Drummond was struck off, and the chair of the hearing said: ‘The public need to know that they can rely on the honesty and integrity of the people to whom they entrust the care and welfare of their animals.’
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they → strike → animals
The veterinary practice declined to comment.
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practice → decline → ?
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