Brandon Chesney appears in court for first time accused of accessing restricted areas at the RAH
A man accused of impersonating a nurse at the Royal Adelaide Hospital has appeared in court – while court documents reveal the extent of his alleged crimes.
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A man who allegedly impersonated a mental health nurse at the Royal Adelaide Hospital is also accused of stealing a duress alarm and possessing a hospital identification card, court documents reveal.
Brandon Chesney, 22, of Newton, made his first appearance in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Wednesday, after he was arrested in June and charged with 26 offences – including 13 counts of being unlawfully on premises at the RAH.
He is also facing charges of non-residential serious criminal trespass, theft, identity theft, deception and firearms offences.
A second file also alleges charges of indecent assault, deception, aggravated assault and driving offences related to offences against learner’s permit conditions.
All of the alleged offences span across various dates between April and June this year and are alleged to have occurred at Adelaide and Newton.
He is yet to enter pleas to any of the charges.
Documents released by the court reveal Mr Chesney is alleged to have been onsite at the RAH “without lawful excuse” 13 times between April 12 and June 12.
He allegedly entered the hospital on June 13 “as a trespasser with the intention of committing an offence … namely theft”.
The documents reveal that on the same day he is accused of dishonestly and without consent “taking property, namely a nurse duress alarm of a value involving $2500 or less” that belonged to the RAH.
He further allegedly “possessed prohibited material, namely an RAH identification card, intending to use that material for a criminal purpose”.
A charge of deception alleges Mr Chesney dishonestly benefited himself by deceiving another person with “the nature of the benefit being access to non-public areas of the RAH”.
The allegations also include a charge of possessing a gel blaster without a licence and that was also allegedly not registered.
At the time of his arrest, police alleged Mr Chesney had accessed restricted areas of the hospital and that he may have had access to confidential medical records.
The indecent assault and assault offences are alleged to have occurred against a female and that Mr Chesney “abused a position of trust”, while a deception charge alleges that he deceived the same woman and “in doing so dishonestly caused a detriment” which was a “physical assault”.
The driving offences are alleged to have occurred in the RAH carpark.
After his arrest, SA Health launched an internal investigation.
Lawyers for Chesney asked the matter be adjourned to await evidence from prosecutors.
He did not comment outside court and will return to court in October.
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