Pair of callous care workers who threw stones at dementia sufferers face jail

Two callous care workers mocked and threw stones at dementia sufferers before filming their distress on phones.

Student nurse Abana Arshad, 23, and care assistant Amy Greenhalgh, 24, targeted up to seven pensioners in the ‘happy slap’ attacks.

They were caught when a care home colleague spotted them filling their pockets with gravel and heard a distressed resident shouting: ‘Stop doing that! Don’t throw them at me!’

Student nurse Abana Arshad, 23, left, and care assistant Amy Greenhalgh, 24, right, targeted up to seven pensioners in the ‘happy slap’ attacks. They are pictured leaving Manchester Magistrates’ Court

Stones were also discovered on the resident’s bedroom floor in Salford.

Arshad was convicted of ill-treating a person without mental capacity, while Greenhalgh admitted the charge.

District Judge James Hatton warned them they would be jailed when they are sentenced next month.

Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard several of their victims had died since the attacks in 2018.

The judge was told Arshad and Greenhalgh tried to pin the blame on residents and warned each other to delete incriminating photos.

He said they were ‘laughing at people they should be caring for’.

District Judge James Hatton warned them they would be jailed when they are sentenced next month. Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard several of their victims had died since the attacks in 2018 [File photo]