Aidan Rednedge, 'Moment cruel carer throws dementia-stricken pensioner, 88, around 'like a rag doll' and threatens to 'flog him' days before he died' (Daily Mail, 30 June 2025): Difference between revisions
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|Abstract=Bilikesu Olagunju pleaded guilty to one count of ill-treating or wilfully neglecting an individual while acting as a care worker, under s20 [[Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015]]. The victim was John Attard, a frail elderly man with dementia, her first patient since entering the UK to be a carer. A hidden camera recorded her shouting at him to stand, manhandling him when he slipped, dragging him by the arm and scruff of his collar across the floor and yanking him up, making breakfast while threatening violence ( | |Abstract=Bilikesu Olagunju pleaded guilty to one count of ill-treating or wilfully neglecting an individual while acting as a care worker, under s20 [[Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015]]. The victim was John Attard, a frail elderly man with dementia, her first patient since entering the UK to be a carer. A hidden camera recorded her shouting at him to stand, manhandling him when he slipped, dragging him by the arm and scruff of his collar across the floor and yanking him up, making breakfast while threatening violence ("Me, I'll flog you, flog you ... Maybe I'll beat you up. I'll flog you..."), taunting him by pouring marmalade into his coffee despite knowing he was diabetic, pulling his table away, making it difficult for him to reach any of the food and spilling hot coffee on him in the process. The judge gave her a six-week prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, plus 50 hours' unpaid work, saying to her that "I accept that there was no malicious intent to your actions". The victim's son Chris Attard condemned her sentence as an insult. | ||
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Ill-treatment by care worker Bilikesu Olagunju pleaded guilty to one count of ill-treating or wilfully neglecting an individual while acting as a care worker, under s20 Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015. The victim was John Attard, a frail elderly man with dementia, her first patient since entering the UK to be a carer. A hidden camera recorded her shouting at him to stand, manhandling him when he slipped, dragging him by the arm and scruff of his collar across the floor and yanking him up, making breakfast while threatening violence ("Me, I'll flog you, flog you ... Maybe I'll beat you up. I'll flog you..."), taunting him by pouring marmalade into his coffee despite knowing he was diabetic, pulling his table away, making it difficult for him to reach any of the food and spilling hot coffee on him in the process. The judge gave her a six-week prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, plus 50 hours' unpaid work, saying to her that "I accept that there was no malicious intent to your actions". The victim's son Chris Attard condemned her sentence as an insult.