Overview
- A Nottingham Crown Court jury convicted Rexy Reyes of two counts of theft after a three-day trial, and he was sentenced to 18 months in prison.
- Prosecutors said Reyes took the patient’s bank card from a staff-access locker and made withdrawals on 22 consecutive days at a hospital ATM without camera coverage.
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust said Reyes had not been in the workplace since his arrest and reported it has reinforced its policy on storing patient belongings, with a broader review to follow.
- The judge ordered £6,450 in compensation to the victim’s family and £4,380 in prosecution costs, citing greed, exploitation of vulnerability, and a breach of trust.
- The victim, a woman in her 70s with dementia, has died since the thefts, and her nephew told the court the case has left him with lost confidence in the health system.