‘Walter Mitty’ mum who pretended to be a doctor pictured posing in hospital gear as she avoids jail
Deluded Sarah Caine was banned from every hospital in the UK after being seen in surgical scrubs and a stethoscope
THE deluded mum who pretended to be a doctor and was banned from every hospital in the UK has been spared jail.
Sarah Caine, 30 - who once spent seven hours wandering around hospital wards dressed as a medic - even posted snaps of herself wearing scrubs on Facebook.
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Mum-of-four Caine smiled as she left court after admitting she was 'terrified of going prison'.
Neighbours told how ‘Walty Mitty’ Caine had lied to them for months about being a doctor.
In a post on Facebook wearing medical gear she said: “Work can be a time for pulling faces.”
A friend said: “I think she just wanted people to think she was a doctor to make herself look better.
“She liked to think she was better than everyone else.
“She didn't say what kind of doctor she was. I used to question her but she would never give me an answer.
“She said she was a doctor despite never studying for it. As far as I know she hasn't even got GCSEs.”
It was reported Caine’s own baby had been treated at Lister Hospital where she twice impersonated a doctor.
Prosecutor Rosalyn Smith said: “'On January 14, the first occasion, she was seen by two nurses who knew her from having been a patient during the latter part of 2015.
"She told them she was a doctor and she had started training.
"She was seen sometime during the late afternoon in surgical scrubs, with a lanyard and a stethoscope around her neck.”
Two days later Caine, of Stevenage, Herts, returned and was again seen in surgical scrubs, a stethoscope and carrying a green medical clipboard.
She spent the next seven hours wandering around the A&E paediatric, major surgery, paediatric and maternity wards before she was arrested by police at around 9pm.
Mrs Smith said: “She claimed she was a student nurse shadowing someone but she had lost him.
“The doctor encouraged her to stay where she was but she ran off.”
When officers searched her house they found a host of medical kit including surgical scrubs, bandages, syringes, saline, cannula equipment, blood culture bottles, three blood bottles, two disposable tourniquets and blank hospital forms.
The ban on entering any hospital in the UK except in 'genuine medical emergencies' has now been lifted.
Agency worker Caine admitted two charges of impersonating a doctor and one of theft, Stevenage Magistrates' Court heard.
She told the court: “I didn't actually mean to steal them (the medical equipment). They were just in my pocket (of the jacket she stole).”
She added: “The reason I was in there was because my son was in there and I was looking for the doctor who looked after him.”
Caine was fined £440 and speaking outside court she said: 'I'm happy with just a fine.'
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