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Winterbourne View: Care workers jailed for abuse | |
(35 minutes later) | |
Care workers who admitted a total of 38 charges of neglect or abusing patients at a private hospital have been sentenced at Bristol Crown Court. | |
The 11 workers from Winterbourne View near Bristol were shown pinning down and hitting patients, in a BBC Panorama undercover report shown last year. | The 11 workers from Winterbourne View near Bristol were shown pinning down and hitting patients, in a BBC Panorama undercover report shown last year. |
Ringleader Wayne Rogers, 32, who admitted nine counts of ill-treating patients, was jailed for two years. | Ringleader Wayne Rogers, 32, who admitted nine counts of ill-treating patients, was jailed for two years. |
Judge Neil Ford QC said there was a "culture of cruelty" at the care home. | Judge Neil Ford QC said there was a "culture of cruelty" at the care home. |
A total of two nurses and nine support workers all pleaded guilty to the charges. | |
'Scandalous lack of regard' | |
Alison Dove, 25, of Kingswood, was jailed for 20 months as has Graham Doyle, 26, of Patchway. Both pleaded guilty to seven charges of abuse. | |
Nurse Sookalingum Appoo, 58, of Downend was jailed for six months, having admitted wilfully neglecting patients in her care. | |
Judge Ford said no attempt was made to provide a caring environment and if the abuse had not been uncovered by the BBC, it would have continued. | Judge Ford said no attempt was made to provide a caring environment and if the abuse had not been uncovered by the BBC, it would have continued. |
He told the sentencing hearing the home had been "run with a scandalous lack of regard to patients and staff". | He told the sentencing hearing the home had been "run with a scandalous lack of regard to patients and staff". |
"What happened was a gross breach of trust," he said. | "What happened was a gross breach of trust," he said. |
Prosecutor Kerry Barker QC, said care watchdogs failed to act on repeated warnings of "inhumane, cruel and hate-fuelled treatment" of patients. | |
"The so-called restraint techniques were used to inflict pain, humiliate patients and bully them into compliance with the demands of their carers," he said. | |
'Bite face off' | |
This week's sentencing hearing has seen footage of five residents at the care home being abused. | |
Among the hours of graphic footage played to the court, support worker Rogers slapped Simon Tovey across the cheek and told him: "Do you want a scrap? Do you want a fight? Go on and I will bite your bloody face off." | |
The other care workers sentenced are: | |
Michael Ezenagu, 29, from Shepherds Bush, west London; Jason Gardiner, 44, of Hartcliffe; Daniel Brake, 27, of Downend; Holly Laura Draper, 23, of Mangotsfield; Charlotte Justine Cotterell, 21, from Yate; Neil Ferguson, 27, of Emerson Green; and Wayne Rogers, 31, of Kingswood. They all admit ill-treating patients in their care. | |
Kelvin Fore, 33, from Middlesbrough pleaded guilty to wilfully neglecting patients in their care. |