Carer caught on CCTV tormenting patient with learning difficulties for hours

A carer who was caught on camera tormenting his vulnerable patient over several hours has been jailed.

Enow Tambe was one of two carers responsible for looking after a man, aged 60, with learning difficulties and blindness. The man required constant care and lived in supported accommodation, as heard in Manchester Crown Court. The man's sister, worried about his care, installed CCTV which revealed the shocking nature of 33-year-old's Tambe's treatment.

He was seen shouting in the man's face, threatening to shave his head, poking him repeatedly and laughing at him when he had no choice but to urinate on the floor. After pleading guilty to being a carer causing ill-treatment of an individual, Tambe was sentenced to 11 months in prison.

Upon sentencing, Recorder Phillip Barnes said: "He was being bullied, harassed, belittled and abused for a number of hours. He was ignored and refused help when he asked for it. He was blind and couldn't see what was going on about him. He was shouted at in close quarters, he was threatened to have his head shaved. He was poked and prodded, not to harm but to intimidate, upset and bully."

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Source: Mirror, 18 September 2024