Sisters catch four care workers abusing their nan using hidden Amazon camera

12 January 2024 , 12:39

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Sisters catch four care workers abusing their nan using hidden Amazon camera

Four care workers who abused an elderly grandmother were brought to justice after her two granddaughters busted them with a hidden camera.

Danielle Hinsley and her sister Rebecca, from Wolverhampton, decided to order a photo frame camera on Amazon after they noticed bruising on Beryl Wall's face and wrists.

Shocking footage captured from the frame, showed the workers grabbing her legs in the air, pinching her face and hitting her in the face with a pillow. They could also be heard shouting and mocking the 89-year-old. Ame Tunkara, Danny Ohen, Morounranti Adefila, and Bridget Aideyan were put behind bars in December last year after four days of footage helped convict them.

Beryl was hit with a pillow

The sisters said they picked up on their nan's behaviour change before lockdown as they were visiting her every day. "Her behaviour had changed, she had bruises. So I went home and ordered a picture frame camera off Amazon and put a picture of me, my sister and my nan in it," said Danielle.

Ame Tunkara (left) and Bridget Aideyan ( right) were sentenced for four months

Danielle said watching the recordings "broke" her heart. She said her grandmother often appeared naked and confused in the footage. Together, they took the evidence to the police and the Care Quality Commission. They also confronted the care home managers. It has been reported that four of the workers were sent from an agency, whilst the other was a permanent member of the team.

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Beryl Wall was ridiculed and physically abused by four care workers in Wolverhampton

Ohen had been working his first shift at the care home when he was caught hitting the vulnerable gran with a pillow, reports BBC. Danielle and Rebecca said they don't want to disclose the name of the care home as it is under new management with "amazing" staff. The staff cared for their grandmother until she passed away in October last year.

Beryl was heard screaming

Danielle, who said her grandmother was her "everything", described her condition before she died. "We believe nan waited for the trial to end because she took a turn quite quickly when we told her the verdict," she said.

Danielle Hinsley and Rebecca ordered a hidden camera to capture the abuse

Det Con Kathryn Sargent said the footage was vital for the conviction as Ms Wall "did not have a voice" because of her dementia." Without the footage we wouldn't have known it was going on let alone prove it happened," she said. Eight workers were charged for abuse however only four were found guilty. Tunkara, 33, of Walsall, and Adefila, 43, were found guilty of ill-treatment and wilful neglect. They were jailed for four months. Ohen, 39, and Aideyan, 49, were also found guilty and were slapped with six month and four month sentences.

Monica Charsley