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㽶ƵֱDeep-seated dishonesty㽶Ƶֱ: B.C. nurse impersonator gets 4 more years

Woman already serving sentence in Ontario gets tine added for crimes in Victoria, Surrey, Vancouver
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The Law Courts building, which is home to B.C. Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, is seen in Vancouver, on Nov. 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has sentenced a woman with an extensive criminal history of impersonating nurses in several provinces to four years in prison, tacking on more time to a sentence she is already serving in Ontario.

Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes says the prospects of rehabilitation for Brigitte Cleroux 㽶Ƶֱseem slim,㽶Ƶֱ after she detailed the woman㽶Ƶֱs extensive criminal history across Canada.

Holmes says Cleroux has never been professionally qualified as a nurse, and her criminal record includes numerous convictions for fraud and forgery over the years in multiple provinces.

Holmes handed down her reasons for sentencing in a Vancouver courtroom today, ruling on three indictments for crimes Cleroux committed in Vancouver, Victoria and Surrey, B.C.

The judge says Cleroux㽶Ƶֱs impersonation of a real nurse, whose name is under a publication ban, caused patients who she treated to lose trust in the province㽶Ƶֱs medical system almost 㽶Ƶֱwithout exception.㽶Ƶֱ

Holmes says Cleroux㽶Ƶֱs 㽶Ƶֱdeep seated dishonesty㽶Ƶֱ caused hundreds of patients emotional distress after they learned she wasn㽶Ƶֱt qualified, and sentenced her to another four years in prison to be served after she completes her sentence in Ontario for similar offences.





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