Jailed nurse struck off register

Keith Faulkner has now been struck off

A male nurse who sexually assaulted women patients at nursing homes in Grimsby and Scunthorpe has been struck off.

Keith Maurice Faulkner is already serving a three-year jail term.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council's Professional Conduct Committee heard that 63-year old Faulkner, who comes from Waltham, near Grimsby, sexually assaulted women at St. Margaret's nursing home in the port.

He also committed offences at the Rosecliffe nursing home in Scunthorpe.

His victims were women aged up to their late 80s.

Faulkner was sentenced to three years imprisonment at Grimsby Crown Court in December, and did not attend the Nursing and Midwifery Council hearing.

The committee considered psychiatric reports from the crown court trial before finding him guilty of misconduct.