Carer who took 'demeaning' videos of dementia patients sentenced
The 28-year-old from Cathedral View in Armagh, was working at the Bluestone Unit of Craigavon Area Hospital in 2023 when she took the videos, which included comments deemed offensive. Handing down a sentence of two years probation and 100 hours community service for seven counts of ill treatments of patients under the Mental Health Order (NI) 1986. "It was demeaning to those you owed a duty of care to.
- ▪The 28-year-old from Cathedral View in Armagh, was working at the Bluestone Unit of Craigavon Area Hospital in 2023 when she took the videos, which included comments deemed offensive.
- ▪Handing down a sentence of two years probation and 100 hours community service for seven counts of ill treatments of patients under the Mental Health Order (NI) 1986.
- ▪"It was demeaning to those you owed a duty of care to.
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Carer who took 'demeaning' videos of dementia patients sentencedImage source, PacemakerImage caption, 28-year-old Ciara Corvan has been handed a sentence of two years probation and 100 hours community serviceByCormac CampbellBBC News NI south east reporterPublished27 July 2026, 12:21 BSTUpdated 6 minutes agoFamilies have said their grieving process was made more difficult after a senior nursing assistant took and shared videos of patients with advanced dementia.Ciara Corvan was sentenced to two years probation and 100 hours community service. The 28-year-old from Cathedral View in Armagh, was working at the Bluestone Unit of Craigavon Area Hospital in 2023 when she took the videos, which included comments deemed offensive.
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