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An imposter with a criminal record stole a registered nurse's identity in order to work in half a dozen care homes. Now Ashton Guramatunhu has been jailed.

A court heard how in late 2014, Guramatunhu registered with a nursing agency in Warrington using the identity of a genuine nurse in order to gain employment. Between Friday January 2015 and April 2019 he went on to work at six nursing homes in the northeast of England.

In total it is estimated that he Guramatunhu earned £172,920.94. through his fraudulent activity. At Liverpool Crown Court he was, yesterday, sentenced to 40 months in prison. View 2 Images

The 46-year-old, of Middlepark Road, Dudley, had previously pleaded guilty to one count of fraud by false representation at an earlier hearing.

He was caught out

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