General Pharmaceutical Council determination — substantive hearing
GPhC ordered pharmacy technician Sheikh Mohammad Nizam Mahmood's removal in 2024
The committee found impaired fitness to practise following convictions for rape of a child and supplying cannabis. It directed removal from the register and imposed an immediate interim suspension.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 22 November 2024 · Updated 22 September 2026
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Concerning Sheikh Mohammad Nizam Mahmood, pharmacy technician (General Pharmaceutical Council 5102670).
Decision date: 22 November 2024 · Hearing started 21 November 2024 and ended 22 November 2024
In plain English
The GPhC committee directed Sheikh Mohammad Nizam Mahmood's removal from the pharmacy technicians' register in November 2024 following convictions for rape of a child and supplying cannabis. It found impaired fitness to practise and concluded that the convictions were incompatible with continued registration. It also imposed an immediate interim suspension pending removal taking effect.
Charges
The committee considered August 2023 convictions for rape of a child and supplying cannabis. A criminal court imposed a nine-year prison sentence for rape and a concurrent three-month sentence for the drug offence.
Findings
The committee found the convictions proved and fitness to practise impaired. It found limited insight and a risk of repetition, and concluded that the convictions were fundamentally incompatible with continued registration. It directed removal from the pharmacy technicians' register, revoked the earlier interim order and imposed an immediate interim suspension pending the substantive order taking effect.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Mitigating factors
In relation to mitigating factors, the Committee noted that the Registrant had no previous regulatory findings against him.
Aggravating factors
• The Registrant received a criminal conviction and was sentenced to 9 years imprisonment. • The victim was a child. • There was a significant degree of planning and preparation in that the Registrant had made a prior arrangement to meet the child; supplied cannabis to the child to facilitate the offence of rape; and also drove for 30 or more minutes to meet her.
Source
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