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The court heard Sahroudi, 41, and Brown, 48, did "acquire, use and possess" a total of £5,719,244 of "criminal property" paid by NHS Lothian, NHS Grampian, NHS Lanarkshire, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde as well as NHS Ayrshire and Arran.

Prosecutors further said smaller "inducements" were given to an IT official who worked at both NHS Lanarkshire and Greater Glasgow and Clyde health boards as well as a woman with NHS Ayrshire and Arran.

He and his wife, Katherine, are good lefty activists, and the radicalism of films such as “Bonnie and Clyde” fit them comfortably.

Hackman shot to fame in Bonnie and Clyde at the end of the 60s and was rarely out of work - in films like The French Connection, Mississippi Burning and Superman.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said 7,560 children were waiting for a first appointment as of last spring, while for NHS Lothian the figure was 6,192 and for NHS Lanarkshire it was 8,571.