Capital nurse struck off register after downloading child porn

Published on Saturday 2 May 2009 11:28

A MALE nurse from Edinburgh has been struck off the register for downloading indecent images of children.

Timothy Honisett, 33, of Edinburgh, received a police caution in November 2007 for accessing and downloading indecent images of children, and was placed on the sex offenders register for two years.

Yesterday the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) banned him from practising, following a review by an independent panel of the Conduct and Competence Committee.

The panel found that in accessing the indecent images of children, Honisett had brought the profession into disrepute.

Commenting on the panel's decision, NMC spokeswoman Kristy Hempel, said: "Timothy Honisett's actions constituted a course of conduct which involved him paying for and viewing substantial numbers of images of children of an indecent nature.

"The independent panel was of the view that although Honisett's behaviour was not related to his professional practise, he had compromised the reputation of the profession and his misconduct was fundamentally incompatible with remaining to be registered with the NMC."