Culture of Cruelty
'Culture of cruelty': 11 care home workers sentenced for shocking abuse of vulnerable residents exposed by Panorama probe
11 care workers admitted 38 charges of either neglect or ill-treatment of people with severe learning difficulties between them
Six members of staff jailed for total of seven years and four months and five received suspended sentences at Bristol Crown Court today
Wayne Rodgers, 32, was jailed for two years for abusing vulnerable patients
Footage showed residents being slapped, soaked in water, trapped under chairs, taunted, sworn at and having their hair pulled and eyes poked
Jason Gardiner, 43, apologised, saying it was a 'tough place to work'
By LARISA BROWN and CHRIS BROOKE
PUBLISHED: 13:42, 26 October 2012 | UPDATED: 01:55, 27 October 2012 41 View comments A judge has condemned the ‘scandalous culture of cruelty’ at a residential care home where members of staff were caught by an undercover reporter abusing vulnerable adults.
Six members of staff were jailed yesterday for their part in the institutional abuse at Winterbourne View private hospital.
They were given sentences ranging from two years to six months, while another five workers escaped with suspended sentences.
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Abusers: Top left to right Kelvin Fore, Michael Ezenagu, Neil Ferguson, Sookalingun Appoo and Wayne Rogers. Bottom left to right Alison Dove, Charlotte Cotterell, Danny Brake, Graham Doyle, Holly Draper and Jason Gardiner
Abusers: Top left to right Kelvin Fore, Michael Ezenagu, Neil Ferguson, Sookalingun Appoo and Wayne Rogers. Bottom left to right Alison Dove, Charlotte Cotterell, Danny Brake, Graham Doyle, Holly Draper and Jason Gardiner
The authorities had repeatedly failed to act on warnings about ‘inhumane and hate-fuelled treatment’ of vulnerable patients with mental health problems.
Arrests were made only after video of mistreatment was broadcast by BBC1’s Panorama.
Posing as a care worker, reporter Joe Casey recorded footage
11 care workers admitted 38 charges of either neglect or ill-treatment of people with severe learning difficulties between them
Six members of staff jailed for total of seven years and four months and five received suspended sentences at Bristol Crown Court today
Wayne Rodgers, 32, was jailed for two years for abusing vulnerable patients
Footage showed residents being slapped, soaked in water, trapped under chairs, taunted, sworn at and having their hair pulled and eyes poked
Jason Gardiner, 43, apologised, saying it was a 'tough place to work'
By LARISA BROWN and CHRIS BROOKE
PUBLISHED: 13:42, 26 October 2012 | UPDATED: 01:55, 27 October 2012 41 View comments A judge has condemned the ‘scandalous culture of cruelty’ at a residential care home where members of staff were caught by an undercover reporter abusing vulnerable adults.
Six members of staff were jailed yesterday for their part in the institutional abuse at Winterbourne View private hospital.
They were given sentences ranging from two years to six months, while another five workers escaped with suspended sentences.
Scroll down for video
Abusers: Top left to right Kelvin Fore, Michael Ezenagu, Neil Ferguson, Sookalingun Appoo and Wayne Rogers. Bottom left to right Alison Dove, Charlotte Cotterell, Danny Brake, Graham Doyle, Holly Draper and Jason Gardiner
Abusers: Top left to right Kelvin Fore, Michael Ezenagu, Neil Ferguson, Sookalingun Appoo and Wayne Rogers. Bottom left to right Alison Dove, Charlotte Cotterell, Danny Brake, Graham Doyle, Holly Draper and Jason Gardiner
The authorities had repeatedly failed to act on warnings about ‘inhumane and hate-fuelled treatment’ of vulnerable patients with mental health problems.
Arrests were made only after video of mistreatment was broadcast by BBC1’s Panorama.
Posing as a care worker, reporter Joe Casey recorded footage