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Two arrested over care home death | Two arrested over care home death |
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A nurse and a chef who work at a residential care home in Somerset have been arrested and questioned over suspicions a 97-year-old was poisoned. | A nurse and a chef who work at a residential care home in Somerset have been arrested and questioned over suspicions a 97-year-old was poisoned. |
The police said the elderly woman died at the Parkfields home at Butleigh near Glastonbury on New Year's Day. | |
Rachel Baker, 45, and husband Leigh Baker, 48, have been released on bail. | |
Police are investigating one death at the home and it has been reported that as part of routine investigations, another six deaths are being looked at. | |
Mrs Baker, a registered nurse at the care home, was arrested on suspicion of administering a noxious substance. | |
Her husband was arrested and questioned in Yeovil police station on suspicion of being concerned in the administration of a noxious substance. | Her husband was arrested and questioned in Yeovil police station on suspicion of being concerned in the administration of a noxious substance. |
Police are conducting the investigation jointly with the Commission For Social Care Inspection. | Police are conducting the investigation jointly with the Commission For Social Care Inspection. |
An Avon and Somerset Police spokesperson said: "A number of issues surrounding the care of residents at the home are being investigated." |
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