A care home worker who admitted abusing three residents with dementia almost 40 times has been jailed for nine months. Sharlene Bosita, 30, of Chesterfield, was caught after colleagues reviewed CCTV footage for an unrelated matter and saw her pushing a resident into a chair.
Bosita pleaded guilty to three counts of ill-treatment or neglect by a care worker in February. At Derby Crown Court on Monday, Recorder Sunil Khanna sentenced her to nine months in prison.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said the abuse included throwing water at victims, pretending to elbow them, slapping them with gloves, and pushing and pulling them about. The incidents occurred over a prolonged period.
Graham Heathcote, senior crown prosecutor for the East Midlands, said Bosita 'behaved with callous cruelty towards three people she was employed to look after and protect'. He added that while the level of violence was relatively minor, the repeated actions would have caused significant emotional and physical harm to the victims.
