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Friday
09 March 2012
Editor © Muhammad Haque
Southall: two women with Asian names, found guilty of abusing care home residents.
IN THE CONTEXT of post 1960s Britain: Southall is to the Indian Republic what Brick Lane is to Bangladesh.
It instantly reminds of India.
So today, we report via a local web site, ealingtoday,co,uk, the court case which has ended with the disclosures that two women with emphatic Indian [lin guistic] names working at a care home in Southall, were filmed abusing elderly and frail and helpless residents in that care home.
What does this tell the wider Society about any values that may be associated with the community to which the two convicted women workers “belong”?
Where is any evidence that compassion not cruelty is being actively advocated and emphasised in the community as a whole?
Later this evening [Friday 09 March 2012], AADHIKAROnline reports in full on another court case published today that has again referred to Tower Hamlets in the worst possible context.
The conviction of a man, with the address said to be in Stepney [Tower Hamlets] , whose picture was shown on the BBC this evening. In that picture he has very long beard.
What does that picture show ti the viewer?
That in “East London” they do the sorts of things that have been alleged against the man fro Stepney with a very long beard!
So as a small counter to that image, a group of other men, older and with shorter beards, appeared in a number of frames where one of the was shown to be saying that “Islam is not terrorist”.
In AADHIKAROnline knowledge, that i s a very significant event.
The shorter-bearded men saying that “Isam is not terrorist”.
That is of course true.
Yet that view is nt shown when images and events are shown in the Media that suggest that “Islam” "is linked to” people who are alleged to be terrorists.
This “Link” has now become established, exclusively, as far as the Media is concerned, with Isam rather than with any other known religion with the number if adherents that Isam has.
So is the small event, typified by the men with the shorter beards "protesting" on BBC TV news that “Isam is not terrorist” perhaps the start of something “new” that should have happened a very long tie ago?
Will the “Muslims” in Stepney and elsewhere in Britain and beyond speak out against “terrorist” activities?
Or will they ignore the “news” and let the perpetuation of the image and “perception” continue: that ”Islam” “is” ”terrorist”?
[To be continued]
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The following item dated today Friday 09 March 2012 contains some details about the two convicted women with the Asian names from Southall, is taken from the web site ealingtoday.co.uk
The full web page address:
http://www.ealingtoday.co.uk/default.asp?section=info&page=condormers001.htm
Workers were secretly filmed at the home after concerns raised
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Two women employed at Dormers Wells Lodge Care home in Southall have been found guilty of abusing elderly residents but have escaped jail sentences.
Pargash Sahota, 57, and Sonika Limbu, 26, were convicted at the same court at an earlier hearing. Kulwinder Ahir, 34, was acquitted of two counts with a third to remain on file.
The court heard that Dormers Wells Lodge is a privately owned 45 bed care home for the elderly, where the residents have varying levels of physical capability and/or a degree of dementia, from early stage to severe.
Police launched an investigation after another care worker at the home, Slawomira Kowalkowska, attended Southall police station in September to report abuse of residents by fellow care workers at the home. She worked at the home between May and September 2010.
Her responsibilities included personal care (washing, dressing & toileting) feeding and assisting with meals, and assisting residents get about the home if they struggled with mobility. When she started working at DWL she found the staff friendly and kind, but once she had settled
in she noticed that the treatment of the residents by some carers was rough and at times actually constituted an assault. She also noticed neglect and psychological abuse.
Defendant Pargash Sahota hitting and shouting at, then pushing a female resident with dementia
Defendant Sonika Limbu pushing a male resident with dementia back down in his chair to prevent him getting up and walking
Defendant Sonika Limbu roughly undressing and shouting at a male resident with dementia. She also whipped him with a t-shirt which can be heard but not seen. He has since died of natural causes
She provided police with approx. 60 video clips of the abuse which she had recorded on a hidden camera. She also provided commentary on each clip and provided details of incidents she had witnessed off camera.
The defendants were arrested in November 2010 for Ill-Treatment/Neglect of a Person Lacking Capacity at Southall Police Station and interviewed.
All three denied the allegations against them and were bailed pending further enquiries.
They were subsequently charged on Thursday, 7 July 2011 with a total of
10 offences.
Detective Chief Inspector Stuart Ryan, Metropolitan Police Ealing Borough, officer in charge of the investigation said: "The actions of these women was despicable. Vulnerable, elderly patients who were incapable of defending themselves were subjected to appalling abuse when
they should have been treated with care and compassion.
"I would like to commend the actions of Miss Kowalkowska for bringing this abuse to our attention. The MPS is committed to using our expertise and professionalism to bring cases such as this to court.
"I hope that these convictions and sentences will bring a degree of justice to the victims and their families."
Pargash Sahota, 57 (10/6/54) of Darwin Drive, Southall was charged with five offences under Section 44 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. She was convicted of four counts. She was sentenced a 12-month community order with 200 hours of unpaid work.
Sonika Limbu, 26 (24/12/85) of Webbs Road, Hayes, was charged with three offences under Section 44 of the Mental Capacity Act. She was convicted of three counts. She was sentenced a 12-month community order with 150 hours of unpaid work.
Ahir Kulwinder, 34 (3/01/78) of Twickenham was charged with three offences under Section 44 of the Mental Capacity Act. She was acquitted of two counts with the third to remain on file.
9th March 2012
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