Ashton Guramatunhu, 46, pleaded guilty to one count of fraud by false representation after four years of putting "lives of innocent patients at risk" after lying about his identity

A 'fake' nurse who lied about his identity for over four years and put "lives of innocent patients at risk" has been jailed .

Ashton Guramatunhu, 46, became a nurse in late 2014 after he used the identity of a genuine nurse when registering with an agency in Warrington, Cheshire, a court heard.

It was revealed that between Friday, January 1 2015, and Friday 5 April 2019 he went on to work at six nursing homes in the northeast of England, a crown court was told. In total it is estimated that Guramatunhu earned £172,920.94 through his fraudulent activity.

On December 2 Guramatunhu, of Middlepark Road, Dudl

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