Disabled patients were humiliated and treated cruelly by carers in a care home. The carers have been jailed.

Carers jailed for 'humiliating' disabled patients

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"Three "cruel and despicable" care home staff who encouraged patients to fight and racially abuse each other were each jailed for six months today.

During an "abhorrent" year-long reign of terror they systematically preyed on the mentally and physically vulnerable from behind a facade of love and concern, the court heard.

In one incident a carer encouraged a Down's Syndrome patient to "beat up" a fellow resident afflicted with autism."