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Carer caught on camera abusing autistic man

AN ASIAN care worker was on Friday (28) sentenced to 18 months for abusing an autistic man at a care home in Hounslow.

Raja Khan abused Ollie Hopton at the Nursery Road Care Home in 2017.


CCTV cameras installed in Hopton's room recorded Khan poking and dragging him out of bed. The 29-year-old also called him a "lazy, lazy a**hole."

Between July and September 2017, Khan subjected the 20-year-old to 11 instances of ill-treatment.

Reading a statement at Khan's sentencing, Hopton's mom Caroline said the abuse has left him "depressed, withdrawn and anxious".

She said: "Raja Khan willfully took advantage of Oliver's vulnerability and committed the most heinous breach of trust by abusing and neglecting my son, behind closed doors, while in his care at London Care Partnership, now operating as Elysium Healthcare.

"When Oliver left the Nursery Road home, he was emotionally and mentally broken, as was I. The images of the abuse that took place will forever haunt me and literally broke my heart."

Khan has been sentenced to 12 months suspended for 18 months and ordered to do 250 hours of unpaid work as well as 30 days of rehabilitation activity.

He has also been banned from working with children and vulnerable adults.

Elysium Healthcare said: “The home concerned was not in our ownership at the time this occurred and therefore we cannot comment on the detail of the case.

"We absolutely do not tolerate abuse at any level. We work hard to make sure that we enrich the lives of all those who live in our services and we work openly and transparently with external bodies in providing a high level of care.”

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