A Chesterfield care worker has been jailed for nine months for ill-treating care home residents.

Sharlene Bosita was captured on CCTV carrying out almost 40 incidents of cruelty and violence towards three residents.

Graham Heathcote/Hitesh Keshvala from the CPS said: “Sharlene Bosita behaved with callous cruelty towards three people she was employed to look after and protect. While individually the level of violence Bosita used was relatively minor, over a prolonged period, there can be no doubt that her actions will have caused significant emotional and physical harm to her victims. Given their vulnerability, it was important to establish the extend of Bosita’s criminal behaviour, for which she has now been held to account.”

The incidents included throwing water at victims, making it look like she was about to elbow them, slapping them with gloves and pushing and pulling them about.

Bosita’s abuse was uncovered when her care home checked CCTV for an unrelated matter.

Following a police investigation, the CPS authorised three charges of ill-treatment or neglect by a care worker. Bosita pleaded guilty to all three counts at Derby Crown Court in February and was sentenced to nine months imprisonment.