Mother-of-three Gemma Fletcher, 35, had been a respected healthcare assistant working in the A&E unit at the Royal Bolton Hospital, but in 2019 she suffered a back injury whilst in labour.
She became addicted to prescribed painkillers and then began using heroin. Over the following five years she clocked up 32 offences of burglary, theft and stealing from cars - all to feed her habit.
In one night-time raid, in which she was armed with a brick, Fletcher was caught by a householder rummaging through coats in their hall.
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