Three charged in Penzance care home investigation
8:51am Monday 28th January 2013 in News
Three people have been charged following an investigation into care at the John Daniel Day Centre in Penzance.
On Friday, January 25, officers charged three people with offences covering a period from April 2007 through to December 2011.
Benjamin Alan Jenkins, aged 22, from St. Ives has been charged with two counts of a carer Ill-treating and wilfully neglecting a person without capacity contrary to the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
Philip Anthony John Sowden, aged 59, from Penzance has also been charged with two counts of a carer Ill-treating and wilfully neglecting a person without capacity.
Christine Maureen Keller, aged 57 from Hayle, has been charged with one count of a carer Ill-treating and wilfully neglecting a person without capacity, contrary to the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
Two other people have been released from police bail with no further action.
