A PILOT has been arrested for allegedly impersonating a medic, as cops seize the motorbike he was trying to fix blue lights to.
William Eakin, 41, uses a specially adapted motorbike which is fitted with sirens and an NHS-style touch screen.
William Eakin has been arrested by Norfolk Police Credit: SWNS
The pilot claims to offer medical assistance to children at events and give talks at schools and churches Credit: SWNS
He claims to offer medical assistance to children at events and gives talks at schools and churches.
Mr Eakin is a qualified pilot and uses the call sign “squirrel”.
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He says he learned to control a helicopter before he could drive a car.
The pilot claims he is waiting for approval from the Care Quality Commission before upgrading the bike to be fitted with blue lights.
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He is currently trying to raise funds via grant matching to buy two helicopters to use as air ambulances.
Last month, Mr Eakin was arrested at his home in Swaffham, Norfolk, on suspicion of fraud by false representation, impersonating a medical professional and possession of a class C drug.
He says cops seized his motorbike, along with medicines for pain relief kept inside it, including Entonox, Penthrox and Maloxin.
Officers are also said to have taken his phone, iPad, stethoscope and his motorcycle boots.
According to his bail conditions, he is not permitted to wear his charitable trust uniform, he says, which is decorated with a unicorn, teddy bear and a rocket ship.
It also features a Where’s Wally? on the left shoulder, which Mr Eakin says helps children play a game and helps them be distracted while he attends to them.
He hopes to acquire two HX-50 helicopters, which cost an estimated £1million and wants to support kids across the UK and eventually in Ukraine, the Watton & Swaffham Times reports.
But he has now reportedly been banned from possessing medical equipment that has not been prescribed to him.
A Norfolk Police spokeswoman said: “A man in his 40s was arrested on suspicion of fraud by false representation, pretending to be registered by taking the name or title of a medical practitioner and possession of a class C drug.
“He was taken to King’s Lynn Police Investigation Centre for questioning and has since been released on bail until September 8.”
Mr Eakin has strongly denied the allegations and says he is a fully qualified Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and is legally permitted to carry and administer several drugs under contract with a medical trust.
He said the organisation, which is not connected to the National Children’s Air Ambulance, is a charitable trust registered in the Isle of Man, where he claims he has provided medical assistance to injured children at the TT motorcycle race.
He also claims he has provided help at the Sandringham Game and Country Fair as well as the ‘SENCO high dependency unit’ at Nelson Academy in Downham Market and has offered to give free practical skills training at the Oasis Centre, a church in Swaffham.
However, they say they have no record of Mr Eakin being involved with their organisations.
A spokeswoman for the Eastern Multi Academy Trust, who are behind the Nelson Academy, said the school had no record of a William Eakin being on site and the school does not have a ‘SENCO high dependency unit’.
Oasis Centre youth leader and administrator Jude Henson said: “From speaking to other staff at the Oasis Centre who have been in position for over 10 years, as far as we know, William Eakin has not run any sort of skills workshops at the Oasis Centre, Swaffham.”
The Jattvibe Online has contacted the TT Races for comment.
