A CARE employee at a nursing residence has been sentenced to 240 hours of unpaid work for assaulting two aged residents she ought to have been taking care of.
Aneta Fortuniak, forty three, was convicted of assaulting an eighty three-yr-previous lady and a ninety-yr-previous man inside days of one another.
The assaults befell at Spynie Care Residence in Elgin, Moray , the place Fortuniak labored as a care assistant.
Elgin Sheriff Courtroom heard that on August 5, 2015, an eighty three-yr-previous lady lashed out at Fortuniak whereas she was making an attempt to take away her bedsheets.
Fortuniak grabbed her and dragged her roughly on to her aspect, bruising her wrist.
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The lady shouted for assist and Fortuniak positioned her hand throughout the eighty three-yr-previous’s mouth and stored it there for a few minute regardless of a colleague asking her to let go.
4 days later, Fortuniak slapped a ninety-yr-previous man within the face throughout an argument concerning the rails on his mattress.
Talking following sentencing at Elgin Sheriff Courtroom on Thursday, Andrew Laing, Procurator Fiscal for Grampian, Highlands & Islands, stated: “Aneta Fortuniak had been entrusted with the care of a number of the older members of our group and, having misplaced her mood, assaulted two of these she was meant to be taking care of. There isn’t a excuse for such behaviour, it’s wholly unacceptable.
“Instances comparable to this are, fortunately, uncommon as nearly all of people on this very important caring career present a superb service, treating their residents with the care and dignity they deserve.
“We want to guarantee the older members of the group that we’ll search to deliver those that do commit such crimes to justice.”
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