A woman who passed herself off as a nurse at sa国际传媒 Women’s Hospital and View Royal Surgical Centre will spend a total of seven years in prison after being sentenced in sa国际传媒 Supreme Court on Friday.
Brigitte Cleroux, 52, pleaded guilty to multiple charges of assault, fraud, impersonating a nurse and forgery in connection with cases at the hospital, a dentist’s office in Surrey and View Royal Surgical Centre.
She had used the identity and credentials of a real nurse and created fake resumés, the court heard.
Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes said Cleroux’s actions damaged public trust in the medical system.
On Dec. 9, Crown prosecutor Alexander Burton told Holmes that Cleroux’s crimes have affected more than 900 people.
Several of those victims told the court their faith in the health-care system had been shattered.
Cleroux earlier apologized to her victims and acknowledged she had caused damage to the sa国际传媒 medical system.
She pleaded guilty because she was “remorseful and ashamed” by what she had done, she said.
The new sentence extends by four years one Cleroux is currently serving in Ontario, as many of the sentences were applied consecutively to that earlier sentencing.
More to come.
