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Attiya Sheikh (right) and her husband Omer Sheikh arrive at Paisley Sheriff Court for sentencing after pleading guilty in May to resetting PPE during the pandemic and selling it on eBay, July 18, 2025
A DOCTOR and her husband who made almost £8,000 out of “sheer greed” selling PPE stolen from the NHS during the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic were jailed for 10 months each today.
Attiya and Omer Sheikh admitted resetting a quantity of personal protective equipment (PPE) which was the property of NHS Scotland between May 30 and October 7 2020 when they appeared at Paisley Sheriff Court in May.
It had been “dishonestly appropriated” by persons unknown to the prosecutor, court documents state.
The couple were jailed when they returned to the court for sentencing today, with the term reduced from 12 months because of their early guilty pleas.
Sentencing the pair, Sheriff Sukhwinder Gill said the husband and wife both knew they were in possession of PPE that had been stolen from the NHS.
She said: “You chose to sell this PPE, which you knew was stolen for financial gain.
“It is hard to imagine a more egregious breach of trust, not only in respect of your colleagues but of society.”
She added: “You did this together out of sheer greed.”
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