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A Sarnia nurse who stole fentanyl from operating rooms in the community’s hospital has been handed a conditional sentence including house arrest.

In August 2017, Cartwright was a permanent part-time nurse — since his arrest placed on unpaid leave by Bluewater Health — pocketed a box of drugs from the hospital and denied knowing its whereabouts when questioned by staff.

In subsequent days he used his code to access the medication dispenser and stole a total of 20 vials of fentanyl and morphine.

An internal investigation at Bluewater Health into the missing inventory identified Cartwright as a suspect.

“I knew it was wrong as I was doing it,” he told the court recently. “I wish I was humble and intelligent enough to get help. . . . I needed something to break the cycle.”

Cartwright used but did not traffic the drugs, the court previously heard.