An admin worker, 63, who stole £80,000 from an NHS trust and sent it to her online boyfriend in Nigeria has avoided prison.
Hyacinth Blair, of Lewisham, London, took the cash from the South London and Maudsley trust over roughly 18 months, from June 2021 until January 2023.
She sent the withdrawn funds to a man living in Nigeria named 'Michael Okafor', who she had entered into a relationship with online.
The administrator said he had 'demanded' the money, 'pressuring' her to send it and leaving her feeling 'helpless', though 'concerned' about stealing.
When first questioned, she initially said she 'had no idea' why she stole the money before confessing it was for her foreign lover.
