Recall that four Nigerians were jailed after they were caught on film physically and emotionally abusing an elderly patient.
The woman, 89, who was at a Wolverhampton care home, had vascular dementia, and could not speak, police said, according to a report in the BBC.
Her family secretly installed a camera and recorded the abuse, officers said.
Ame Tunkara, Morounranti Adefila, Danny Ohen and Bridget Aideyan were all found guilty and sentenced at Wolverhampton Crown Court.
The family had noticed bruising on the woman’s arm after she had been in the home for a year while she had also become nervous and was scared to be touched, detectives added.
In February 2020, the family set up the camera and recorded footage over a four-day period.
It showed the woman being handled roughly, hit with a pillow and treated with a lack of dignity and respect, West Midlands Police said.
When the abuse was reported to the home, three members of staff were immediately dismissed and three other agency staff were suspended.
Police said another two suspects were identified after the footage was reviewed.
Eight care assistants were charged and four were found not guilty after a trial.
In a video now released by the family of the aged woman, who has since passed away, the family lamented that their granny was defenceless.
The video showed the woman being kissed by a relative, and also playing with her grandchild’s doll.
Detective Con Kathryn Sargent had told the court: “This elderly woman sadly died in October and should not have spent any of her remaining years suffering such ill-treatment.”
David Atherton, a journalist and frequent contributor to the BBC, ITV, BBC Radio, TalkTV, and GBNews, tweeted on Friday morning: “Four Nigerian healthcare workers have been found guilty of abusing an 89-year-old woman with vascular dementia in Wolverhampton.’’
He expressed dissatisfaction with the four months imprisonment given to the convicts. He said it was too lenient.
He also said suggested that the workers should have been deported.
Watch the video here.
