| Winterbourne View; Care workers jailed for abuse | |
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| becky sharp | Oct 26 2012, 12:38 PM Post #1 |
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Was it just a fluke that so many like minded people found themselves working in the same establishment? Six out of 11 care workers who admitted a total of 38 charges of neglect or abuse of patients at a private hospital have been jailed. Five other workers from Winterbourne View near Bristol were given suspended sentences after the acts of abuse were uncovered by BBC Panorama. 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. Sentences of all those found guilty are detailed below: Wayne Rogers, 32, of Kingswood, jailed for two years after admitting nine charges of ill-treatment. Alison Dove, 25, of Kingswood, was jailed for 20 months for seven counts of abuse; Graham Doyle, 26, of Patchway, was jailed for 20 months for seven counts of abuse; Nurse Sookalingum Appoo, 59, of Downend jailed for six months for wilfully neglecting patients; Nurse Kelvin Fore, 33, from Middlesbrough, also jailed for six months for wilfully neglecting patients; Holly Laura Draper, 24, of Mangotsfield, pleaded guilty to two charges of abuse and was jailed for 12 months; Daniel Brake, 27, of Downend, pleaded guilty to two charges of abuse and was given a six month jail sentence suspended for two years and ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work; Charlotte Justine Cotterell, 22, from Yate, pleaded guilty to one charge of abuse and was given a four-month jail term suspended for two years. Cotterell was ordered to do 150 hours of unpaid work and complete 12 months supervision; Michael Ezenagu, 29, from Shepherds Bush, west London, admitted two counts of abuse and was given a six month jail sentence suspended for two years and ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work; Neil Ferguson, 28, of Emerson Green, admitted one count of abuse and was given a six month jail term was suspended for two years and ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work; Jason Gardiner, 43, of Hartcliffe, who admitted two charges of abuse, was given a four month jail term was suspended for two years and ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-20092894 |
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| madfor4 | Oct 26 2012, 01:12 PM Post #2 |
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IMO It's the workplace culture that turns otherwise caring people to 'join in' the abusive system. Many years ago I worked for a major company whose 'shopfloor' was almost entirely female. A group of women grabbed a young male employee, stripped him and wrapped him in coloured tape; the rest stood around laughing and egging on the group. The kid complained to his foreman but the 'male feeling' was that "he was a lucky boy" and, apart from a general warning to the shopfloor, no further action was taken (Athough one can imagine the outcry if a male shopfloor had done the same to a girl). The lad ended up leaving the company. My point is that the majority of the women were middle aged with children of their own and would have been outraged if the boy had been their son... |
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| becky sharp | Oct 26 2012, 01:22 PM Post #3 |
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Indeed. It must have affected the poor lad for him to have left the company...I'm presuming what happened to him was the reason he left. |
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| madfor4 | Oct 26 2012, 03:16 PM Post #4 |
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I was a manager of another department so it was mainly hearsay; although the 'general warning' was official knowledge. I gather he was 'teased' about it by his male co-workers and he couldn't face going into the area where it happened and seeing those who assaulted him. |
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