The appellant, a nurse/receptionist, forged oxycodone prescriptions and faxed them to pharmacies, where accomplices picked up the pills.
She was convicted of uttering forged documents and trafficking, and sentenced to 42 months' imprisonment.
On appeal, she argued the trial judge failed to give a W.(D.) instruction, the trafficking verdict was unreasonable because innocent pharmacists dispensed the drugs, and the sentence was unfit.
The Court of Appeal dismissed the conviction appeal, finding the jury was properly instructed and the innocent agency doctrine applied.
The sentence appeal was also dismissed, as the 42-month sentence was fit given the serious breach of trust and did not violate the parity principle.
