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| Arrest over alleged Old Deanery Care Home abuse | Arrest over alleged Old Deanery Care Home abuse |
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| A woman has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a resident at an Essex care home after an undercover BBC Panorama investigation. | A woman has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a resident at an Essex care home after an undercover BBC Panorama investigation. |
| The woman, in her 40s, was held on Friday by police probing alleged abuse at the Old Deanery in Braintree. | The woman, in her 40s, was held on Friday by police probing alleged abuse at the Old Deanery in Braintree. |
| Seven staff have been sacked from the home, run by Anglia Retirement Homes Ltd, after Panorama appeared to show a resident with dementia being hit. | Seven staff have been sacked from the home, run by Anglia Retirement Homes Ltd, after Panorama appeared to show a resident with dementia being hit. |
| The arrested woman has been released on bail pending further inquiries. | The arrested woman has been released on bail pending further inquiries. |
| Essex Police launched an investigation after the programme appeared to show residents being taunted, roughly handled, ignored and left in their own excrement at the 93-bed home, which costs up to £700 a week. | Essex Police launched an investigation after the programme appeared to show residents being taunted, roughly handled, ignored and left in their own excrement at the 93-bed home, which costs up to £700 a week. |
| A police spokesman said: "Essex Police were denied an advance viewing of the programme so were only able to begin an investigation following its nationwide broadcast on Wednesday. | A police spokesman said: "Essex Police were denied an advance viewing of the programme so were only able to begin an investigation following its nationwide broadcast on Wednesday. |
| "Officers arrested a woman in her 40s at her home in Braintree on suspicion of assaulting a resident at the care home before being released on police bail until later this month pending further inquiries." | "Officers arrested a woman in her 40s at her home in Braintree on suspicion of assaulting a resident at the care home before being released on police bail until later this month pending further inquiries." |
| Anglia Retirement Homes Ltd released a statement after the documentary was aired in which it insisted the incidents involved only a small number of staff and said the company did not tolerate this kind of behaviour. | Anglia Retirement Homes Ltd released a statement after the documentary was aired in which it insisted the incidents involved only a small number of staff and said the company did not tolerate this kind of behaviour. |
| It said that after initially suspending eight members of staff when the allegations first came to light, seven had been been dismissed and a further case was being urgently reviewed. |