From the BBC:
“St Helens care worker left
patient to starve to death”
A care worker who left a severely
disabled woman to starve to death at home has been convicted of gross
negligence manslaughter. Tracy Burrows,
56, of St Helens, lied about her patient being at home, leading to cancelled
care visits. After four days without food or water, Julie Cleworth, 43, who had
had a stroke, was found dead at her home in the town on 9 February 2017. Burrows
was warned at Liverpool Crown Court she was likely to be jailed. She will be
sentenced on 21 August following a pre-sentence report. Upon release from hospital on 5
February, Ms Cleworth - described by the prosecution as "helpless as a
baby" - was put in bed by ambulance crews. Later that evening, finding the
house in darkness, Burrows did not even get out of her car to check on Ms Cleworth.
But Burrows, of Sherdley Park Drive, told her employers Unite Healthcare that
she had looked in every room of the house for her, the court heard. Because
Unite was told Ms Cleworth was not at the property, subsequent care visits were
cancelled. A post-mortem examination revealed that Ms Cleworth had developed
ketoacidosis, a condition in which toxins build up in the blood stream as a
result of starvation. After a nine-day trial, the jury unanimously found
Burrows guilty of manslaughter through gross negligence. After the verdict, Ms
Cleworth's mother Hilary Kenny said: "I've got justice for her."
^ Tracy Burrows is the best example
of what pure evil looks like. There is a special place in Hell for people like her.
I can only hope that she suffers the rest of her life the same way she made
Julie Cleworth suffer. ^
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-49049334
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