Criminal investigation launched by PSNI into Dunmurry Manor Care Home allegations
Probe comes after damning report by Commissioner for Older People
Last updated 30th Aug 2018
Police are to probe allegations into the treatment and care of residents at the Dunmurry Manor Care Home in Belfast, it emerged today (Thursday).
In a statement the PSNI confirmed it had launched “a criminal investigation.”
Back in June, a damning report by the Commissioner for Older People claimed residents with dementia were subjected to a “horrific catalogue of inhuman and degrading treatment”.
‘Home Truths’ – a 101-page document – was compiled after an investigation into the home.
At the time Commissioner Eddie Lynch said “nothing prepared him” for what he found.
In a statement, the Department of Health said: "A Department of Health spokesperson said:
“It would not be appropriate for the Department to comment on an individual ongoing police investigation.
"However, the Department supports any PSNI investigation into allegations that crime has been committed against vulnerable people.”
The PSNI Chief Constable George Hamilton confirmed on Thursday that a criminal investigation has been launched.
"As a result of the report that came to light a few months ago, we reviewed both the reports that had been made to the police and incidents that hadn't been reported to police," he said.
"We have assessed all of those incidents as we normally do, we have now taken advice from the Public Prosecution Service and on the back of that, an investigation is underway."