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| Care home owner guilty of force-feeding residents | Care home owner guilty of force-feeding residents |
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| An owner of a care home has been found guilty of force-feeding elderly residents and failing to seek immediate help for a scalded woman aged 99. | An owner of a care home has been found guilty of force-feeding elderly residents and failing to seek immediate help for a scalded woman aged 99. |
| Indranee Pumbien, who ran the Briarwood Rest Home, Preston, with her husband, was convicted of ill-treating the woman and a man, 80, between 2013 and 2014. | Indranee Pumbien, who ran the Briarwood Rest Home, Preston, with her husband, was convicted of ill-treating the woman and a man, 80, between 2013 and 2014. |
| Meghadeven Pumbien and employee Niphawan Berry were also convicted of failing to get urgent medical care for the woman, who was scalded in a bath. | Meghadeven Pumbien and employee Niphawan Berry were also convicted of failing to get urgent medical care for the woman, who was scalded in a bath. |
| The three will be sentenced in October. | The three will be sentenced in October. |
| At Preston Crown Court, Judge Pamela Badley warned them they may face jail terms. | At Preston Crown Court, Judge Pamela Badley warned them they may face jail terms. |
| The Crown Prosecution Service described it as "shocking abuse of extremely vulnerable adults". | |
| Police started investigating the home, in Todd Lane South, Lostock Hall, in June last year after a complaint was made about the treatment of a resident. | |
| Officers said other allegations of mistreatment came to light during the investigation. | |
| The home closed soon after the first allegations were made. The site now under new ownership. |