By Tom Orde Crime and court reporter Gaven Vythelingum. A FORMER NHS employee stole a haul of electronic devices from a Southampton hospital. Gaven Vythelingum was branded mean and spiteful by a crown court judge for stealing from University Hospital Southampton. Prosecution barrister, Ellie Fargin told how the administration manager traded in the devices - which were worth thousands of pounds - at Cash Converter and Cash Generator stores, bagging himself a cut-price £1,853. Gaven Vythelingum outside Southampton Crown Court on April 28, 2021 During his time at the NHS, the 36-year-old - who had been working on a fixed-term contract, stole a projector, scanner, disk drive, six laptops, six iPads, and 12 dictaphones.