A man who set up an organisation called the Children's Air Ambulance Service before being arrested on suspicion of posing as a medical professional has been rebailed.
William Eakin, who uses a specially adapted motorbike fitted with sirens and an NHS-style touch screen, claims to offer medical assistance to children at events and talks at schools and churches.
He is a qualified pilot who uses the call sign "squirrel" to identify himself to others when flying and says he learned to control a helicopter before he could drive.
He claims he is waiting for approval from the Care Quality Commission before upgrading the bike to run on blue lights and is trying to raise money via grant matching to ultimately purchase two helicopters to use as air ambulances.
But the 41-year-old was arrested at his home in Captains Close, Swaffham, on June 11 on suspicion of fraud by false representation, impersonating a medical professional and possession of a Class C drug.
He claims officers seized his motorbike as well as medicines for pain relief stored inside it, including Entonox, Penthrox and Maloxin.
The police also took his phone, iPad, stethoscope and even his motorcycle boots.
Mr Eakin said his bail conditions meant he was unable to wear his charitable trust uniform - an outfit decorated with colourful patches, including a unicorn, teddy bear and rocket ship.
The custom uniform also features a patch of Where’s Wally? on the left shoulder, which Mr Eakin says encourages children to play a game and helps distract them while he inserts a catheter into a blood vessel.
His aim is to acquire two HX-50 helicopters, at an estimated cost of £1m, to support children across the UK and eventually in Ukraine.
Under his bail conditions, Mr Eakin has been barred from possessing medical equipment that has not been prescribed to him.
A spokeswoman for Norfolk Constabulary has confirmed he has been rebailed until December 6.
Organisations deny connection to Eakin
Mr Eakin has denied the allegations and said he is a fully qualified Emergency Medical Technician - often abbreviated to EMT - who is legally permitted to carry and administer several drugs under a contract with a medical trust.
He said the organisation - which has no connection to the National Children’s Air Ambulance - is a charitable trust registered in the Isle of Man, where he says he has provided medical assistance to injured children at the TT motorcycle race.
Mr Eakin claims he has also provided assistance at the Sandringham Game and Country Fair and the 'SENCO high‑dependency unit' at Nelson Academy in Downham Market, and offered 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, which runs Nelson Academy, said the school had no record of a William Eakin ever being on site and that a 'SENCO high‑dependency unit' does not exist at the school.
Jude Henson, youth leader and administrator at the Oasis Centre, 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.”
A spokesman for the Isle of Mann TT Races added: "The Department for Enterprise has been advised by Manx Road-racing Medical Services (MRMS) that it has no record of this individual working for them as part of the Isle of Man TT Races."
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