Shoplifter Natalie Francis conned NHS out of £18,000 in treatment costs when she was in the UK illegally

A professional shoplifter who fleeced the NHS out of more than £18,000 in treatment costs while living in the UK illegally has walked free. Jamaican Natalie Francis, 54, used the name of her cousin to attend 16 NHS appointments at Kings College Hospital between July 2016 and October 2021. Ben Wild, prosecuting, said: ‘The defendant is a Jamaican national. She came to the UK in November 1999. ‘Ms Francis used her cousin’s name Andrea Brown. The total costs of the…