A CCTV* recorded 1,500 crimes in the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit of Muckamore Abbey Hospital in County Antrim. Reportedly, the incidents took place over the course of six months in 2017-18.
The hospital is supposed to provide treatment for people with severe learning disabilities and mental health needs. People who can’t speak for themselves. The footage shows repeated physical abuse of patients that could be classified as crimes, according to the police.
Detective Chief Inspector Jill Duffie stated that police were examining a series of “very traumatic events” seen in more than 300,000 hours of footage. She said officers were going through the footage “minute by minute.”
“Over the period of six months we are looking at a pattern of very traumatic events,” she added.
EIGHT members of the staff are to have their cases sent to the Crown Court in June 2022.
*CCTV: Closed-circuit television, also known as video surveillance.
