Wednesday, July 30, 2003

GP admits stealing drugs

A doctor who worked at a medical practice which treats members of the Royal Family has admitted a series of drugs offences.

GP Dr Richard Archer, 37, of Heacham, Norfolk, pleaded guilty to stealing morphine, pethidine and diamorphine when he appeared before magistrates in King's Lynn, Norfolk, on Wednesday.

Archer, who also admitted possessing drugs illegally and obtaining property by deception, was a partner of the Heacham group of surgeries, which cover the Queen's nearby Sandringham Estate.

He resigned from the practice earlier this year.