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15/08/2012
NHS Staff To Face Charges
Four NHS health care workers are to face charges of mistreating and neglecting patients with learning disabilities after a five-year inquiry, during which two previous attempts to bring criminal proceedings had failed.
Two men and two women will appear before magistrates in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, in August and September accused of the offences between 2005 and 2007 at the Solar Centre in St Catherine's hospital at Balby, Doncaster.
They have been named as James Hinds and Susan Murphy, who will face the court on 28 August, and Julie Burge and Michael Barnard, who will appear on 10 September, the Guardian has reported.
A number of incidents have been alleged including a blind patient in her 20s with cerebral palsy and epilepsy being punched in the face.
The Crown Prosecution Service announced the move after a third review of evidence involving 18 patients.
Richard Hebbert, a lawyer in the complex casework unit for CPS Yorkshire and Humberside, said: "I have today authorised South Yorkshire police to commence proceedings for a prosecution against four people relating to the ill-treatment and wilful neglect of patients receiving treatment for mental health disorders at the Solar Centre at St Catherine's hospital, Doncaster.
"They are James Hinds, with 14 charges, Susan Murphy with 13 charges, Julie Burge with three charges, and Michael Barnard with eight charges. All four were working at the Solar Centre at the time the offences are alleged to have occurred.
"A full review of all of the evidence in this case has been conducted and I am satisfied that there is sufficient evidence and it is in the public interest to prosecute."
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Two men and two women will appear before magistrates in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, in August and September accused of the offences between 2005 and 2007 at the Solar Centre in St Catherine's hospital at Balby, Doncaster.
They have been named as James Hinds and Susan Murphy, who will face the court on 28 August, and Julie Burge and Michael Barnard, who will appear on 10 September, the Guardian has reported.
A number of incidents have been alleged including a blind patient in her 20s with cerebral palsy and epilepsy being punched in the face.
The Crown Prosecution Service announced the move after a third review of evidence involving 18 patients.
Richard Hebbert, a lawyer in the complex casework unit for CPS Yorkshire and Humberside, said: "I have today authorised South Yorkshire police to commence proceedings for a prosecution against four people relating to the ill-treatment and wilful neglect of patients receiving treatment for mental health disorders at the Solar Centre at St Catherine's hospital, Doncaster.
"They are James Hinds, with 14 charges, Susan Murphy with 13 charges, Julie Burge with three charges, and Michael Barnard with eight charges. All four were working at the Solar Centre at the time the offences are alleged to have occurred.
"A full review of all of the evidence in this case has been conducted and I am satisfied that there is sufficient evidence and it is in the public interest to prosecute."
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