HAZARDOUS body parts were found rotting at a medical waste site by two burglars nearly a year after it closed down.<\/p>\n
Intruders Barry Watson and Jamie Pollard broke into the compound in Newcastle over two days to swipe medication left lying around.<\/p>\n
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But the pair had to undergo decontamination due to the biohazard they had been exposed to after the medical waste was left to rot, Chronicle Live reports.<\/p>\n
Investigators also discovered decomposing body parts left abandoned after Healthcare Environmental Services Ltd lost their NHS contract and went bankrupt in December 2018.<\/p>\n
The companystopped trading after becoming embroiled in a waste stockpiling scandal.<\/p>\n
Shocking pictures show bin liners full of hazardous waste piled up in skips inside the closed-down compound.<\/p>\n
Prescription drugs in buckets were also \"easily accessible to people who breached the security\", Newcastle Crown Court heard.<\/p>\n
A backlog of hundreds of tonnes of clinical and human waste was finally cleared last month.<\/p>\n
Watson and Pollard have now been sentenced to six months suspended for 18 months with a community order after admitting two counts of burglary.<\/p>\n
The court was told the pair simply forced a shutter to get into the site on September 6 before returning the next day to stock up again.<\/p>\n
A security officer saw Pollard and Watson attempt to flee with a plastic bag full of drugs and gave chase.<\/p>\n
Barry Robson, prosecuting, said: \"He ran after them and shouted at them to stop but they didn't.<\/p>\n
\"Watson turned at one point and swung a punch towards him which missed and Pollard shouted 'Just do him'.<\/p>\n
\"The security guard let them escape because he feared for his safety.\"<\/p>\n
After the second break-in, the pair were caught and firefighters had to be called due to the biohazard and both burglars had to be decontaminated before going to hospital.<\/p>\n
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Vic Laffey, for Pollard, said: \"It doesn't take much research to see there were dozens of large bin liners in the yard.<\/p>\n
\"Quite how this situation developed is beyond belief, quite frankly.<\/p>\n
\"On entering the premises, it seems that outdated prescription drugs were freely available and lying around and they went back the second day because of that.\"<\/p>\n
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