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July 18, 2015
A 99-year-old with dementia was immersed in a scalding hot bath by a female care assistant who had been in ‘a bad mood’, a jury has heard.
Niphawan Berry, 42, is accused of bathing Margaret Wheatley in water of up to 50 degrees Celsius.
Her former employers Meghadeven and Indranee Pumbien, aged 64 and 59 are said to have tried to cover up the scalds as an infection and delayed proper medical treatment by nearly two weeks.
All three defendants face a combined total of 19 offences, including the ill-treatment and willful neglect of elderly and vulnerable people, which they deny.
Opening the case at Preston Crown Court, prosecutor Francis McIntee told the jury: ‘The evidence in this case will reveal the ill-treatment and willful neglect of the elderly and vulnerable.
‘We say that this is a case concerning ill-treatment and wilful neglect by those specifically entrusted with the care of the elderly and vulnerable.’
The case is said to involve eight elderly residents, three men and five women, who were subjected to ill-treatment and wilful neglect at the former Briarwood Rest Home in Lostock Hall, Preston, between April 2013 and June 2014.
The jury were told how on May 11 last year, another carer began to run a bath for Mrs Wheatley, before Berry took over.
Mr McIntee said: ‘She had run a bath for Margaret Wheatley who was in the care of Berry.
‘She returned to find the hot water in the bath was really quite deep and too hot for her to put her hand in to pull the plug out.
‘She went about her duties but heard Mrs Wheatley scream twice.’
