Fake Nurse’s ‘Deep Seated Dishonesty’ Adds 4 More Years to Prison Term: BC Judge

The Law Courts building, home to the B.C. Supreme Court and the province’s Court of Appeal, is seen in Vancouver on Nov. 23, 2023. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

A fake nurse who “used a weapon each time she inserted a needle” in patients has been sentenced to another four years in prison on top of the remaining three years she is already serving in Ontario, a British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ruled.

Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes said Friday that the prospects of rehabilitation for Brigitte Cleroux “seem slim,” after she detailed the woman’s extensive criminal history in several Canadian provinces.