Autistic woman raped at a care home ‘by night shift worker’ is diagnosed with HIV – one of up to six residents infected at the facility
- Autistic woman in 50s found to have HIV after collapsing at London care home
- A further five residents are feared to have been infected, a council report said
- Residents were ‘failed by services’, report said, and home has since been closed
- Probe closed as forensic evidence could not be taken and no suspect identified
An autistic woman who was raped at a care home has been diagnosed with HIV, with a further five residents suspected to have been also infected with the disease.
The abuse took place at a facility in north London, allegedly by a night shift worker.
A report by Brent Council revealed the shocking abuse at the independent care home, which could have taken place at any time between 2006 and 2016.
The woman in her 50s, renamed as ‘Cassie’ in the report to protect her identity, was found to have HIV after she collapsed in 2016 and was taken to Guy’s Hospital.
She had been in care since childhood and began suffering from rashes, bruising, teeth problems and had lost her appetite from around 2007, the report said.
Police were called when it was ruled by doctors that the disease was sexually transmitted and she lacked the mental capability to consent to sex.
The woman named ‘Cassie’ in a report by Brent Council was taken to Guy’s Hospital after collapsing at the care home she had lived at in London
A report by Dr Margaret Flynn, found that that Cassie, or ‘Adult B’, was ‘failed by services’.
Professor Michael Preston-Shoot, chairman of the Brent Safeguarding Adults Board, told the Sunday Express: ‘This is a distressing case of a woman who should have been safe but has acquired a serious infection probably as a result of sexual abuse.
‘The board wishes to express its deep and sincere regret to Adult B and her family.’
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Cassie’s mother believes the rape was carried out by a worker at the home during a night shift.
But because the suspected rape could have happened anytime during a ten-year period, police were unable to take forensic evidence and so the culprit will not be brought to justice.
A Met Police spokesman said the investigation was closed in 2017 as there were no new lines of enquiry.
The woman was found to have contracted HIV through sex but did not have the mental capacity to consent
He added: ‘Due to the ten-year period the offence was alleged to have occurred between, no clear suspects could be identified and there were no forensic opportunities available.
‘There are no lines of inquiry that require further examination at this time.’
The home has now been closed and all residents are at new facilities.
Brent Council said the authority no longer places residents with the private company.
The case came to light as it emerged also emerged a woman in a vegetative state in Arizona gave birth.
Police have said the Native American, who has been incapacitated since age three, was sexually assaulted and delivered a baby last month at Hacienda HealthCare in Phoenix.
Male nurse Nathan Sutherland, 36, is facing one charge of sexual assault and one count of vulnerable adult abuse after a DNA test identified him as the baby’s father.
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