Carer raped 99-year-old woman as horrified family watched
The family of a 99-year-old woman watched in horror on a hidden camera as she was raped by her carer.
Phillip Carey was caught on a camera installed by the victim’s concerned family, who noticed her behaviour had changed.
The woman, who suffered from dementia, was living in a Blackpool care home and stopped letting her relatives touch her and begged them not to leave, warning “they will hurt me”, LancsLive reports.
They placed the camera in her room and saw Carey, 48, walk into her room and rape her.
They called the police and Carey was arrested.
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He was presented with forensic evidence as well as the camera footage and pleaded guilty to rape, sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder impeding choice and sexual activity in the presence of a person with a mental disorder by a care worker, at a hearing at Preston Crown Court.
He was handed a life sentence and will serve at least 10 years before becoming eligible for release.