Caught on hidden cameras - yet just 1% of care home abuse ends in charges | ITV News

Ann King’s children were horrified when they reviewed footage from the hidden camera they had installed in their mum's bedroom - and immediately rang the police.

It clearly showed the dementia patient, 88, had been subjected to a distressing catalogue of abuse at the care home in Surrey they were paying £8,000 a month to look after her. But despite all this evidence captured on camera, Ann's abusers were never charged with a crime.

Freedom of information (FOI) requests by ITV News to police forces in England and Wales have revealed a charge rate of just 1.4% for allegations of this kind.

Read the full report on the ITV News website here: https://www.itv.com/news/2023-06-30/c...

Update: https://www.itv.com/news/2024-03-08/p...

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