A nursing home employee who sexually abused an elderly dementia sufferer has been jailed for just three years.
Wayne Brownsey, 44, preyed on the woman – who couldn’t speak or care for herself – for more than a year before he was eventually caught in the act by two fellow staff members.
Brownsey met his victim at Alderwood Care Home in Salford where he worked as a maintenance man.
The woman’s carers began to fear something was amiss, but didn’t dare report it at first because the home’s manager was Brownsey’s partner of 14 years.
Eventually, their suspicions became too great and they called Crimestoppers and asked for a camera to be installed in the woman’s room before they caught him in the act, with his hands still tangled in the panicked woman’s clothes.
The woman died soon after the attacks were uncovered.
Despite repeatedly protesting his innocence, Brownsey was found guilty of sexual assault earlier this year and was yesterday jailed for three years and nine months at Manchester Crown Court.
