A dental nurse poisoned her boss's coffee with mercury after being given a final warning, a jury has been told.
Ravinder Kaur, 33, of Ettrick Drive, Bedford, was reprimanded after she left a patient in a dental chair and went to lunch, Blackfriars Crown Court heard. Ms. Kaur is alleged to have later placed mercury amalgam in practice manager Laura Knowles's coffee, causing her to suffer stomach cramps and sickness. She denies administering a poisonous or noxious substance with intent.Samantha Cohen, prosecuting, told the jury Ms. Kaur had begun work as an assistant dental nurse at Shams Moopen Dental Practice in Shefford, Bedfordshire, in November 2011. At first she said Ms. Kaur was "meticulous and professional", but her behaviour soon changed with colleagues regarding her as inflexible and "not a good team player". The jury heard that in January last year the defendant received a verbal warning for unfairly ordering her colleagues around at work.
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