A carer 'recklessly' drove with a woman who had the mental age of four on her knee before drawing whiskers and offering her dog biscuits, a court heard. Debra Ralph, 54, of Bolton, was looking after the woman at Agricola House in Tottington, Bury, which offers one-to-one care for adults with severe brain injuries.
The two incidents happened on July 10 last year during one shift. Ralph was struck off and arrested within days after what the judge, Tina Landale, described as "wilful abuse".
"It's hard to think of a more vulnerable victim than a person in her position," the judge said. On the day in question Ralph first had the woman on her knee in a car which she drove backwards and forwards in the car park before drawing whiskers on her cheeks and making the tip of her nose black with a pen and offering her dog biscuits to the shock of her colleagues.
