Care nurse jailed for attack on Alzheimer’s patient

By Michael MacLeod

A CARE home assistant has been jailed for dragging an 86-year-old woman along the floor and dislocating her shoulder.

Zimbabwean national Carla Nyatsanza, 35, was sacked by the Pentland Hill Nursing Home in Edinburgh following an attack on Jean Burgoyne.

The Alzheimer’s patient was left bruised and bleeding after Nyatsanza pulled her along a corridor shouting “lets go, lets go.”

Today (Thursday) Sheriff John Horsburgh sentenced her to 35 weeks in prison.
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