A black nurse caught beating a white pensioner at an upmarket East London home for the frail was due to make her second appearance in court yesterday.<\/p>\n
Assaults on Lily Kirchmann Complex resident Hope Shepherd, 84, on February 3 and again on February 23 were captured on a secret camera in a television set at the home.<\/p>\n
A 15-minute-long spy camera footage allegedly show nursing staffer Ncediswa Mkenkcele punching Shepherd with her fists in the face.<\/p>\n
Mkenkcele is said to also have bashed Shepherd against the head with a deodorant can.<\/p>\n
She allegedly ends the assault by spraying deodorant into a breathing hole in Shepherd\u2019s throat. The elderly woman has throat cancer.<\/p>\n
Mkenkcele was arrested on March 23.<\/p>\n
Police spokesman Captain Mluleki Mbi said the Duncan Village resident was charged with assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe appeared in the East London Magistrate\u2019s Court on March 24 and her case was postponed to May 5 for further investigation,\u201d Mbi said.<\/p>\n
Mkenkcele was not asked to plead and was released on warning.<\/p>\n
Berea Gardens Retirement Foundation executive director Mike Schulze said there had been a meeting with the Shepherd family.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe apologised unreservedly for the alleged assaults against her,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe employee involved resigned immediately on being confronted.\u201d<\/p>\n
Robertson planted the camera on December 31 when her mother sustained an unexplained broken arm.<\/p>\n
Days before she had noticed bruises and swollen marks on her mother\u2019s body.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere were not enough good reasons as to what happened to her from the staff, other than that she had fallen off the bed or bumped herself,\u201d Robertson said.<\/p>\n
In February, she noticed her mother had a blue eye.<\/p>\n
She then viewed the footage on her camera and saw the assaults. She immediately notified complex management.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt really has been a traumatic experience for me and my family. I saw my mother being beaten and pushed around,\u201d Robertson said.<\/p>\n
She had moved her mother from the home to a facility in Selborne, but her mother was confused and suffering from flashbacks, she said.<\/p>\n
Clients pay as much as R14 000 a month for their loved ones to be cared for at Lily Kirchmann.<\/p>\n
Schulze said in addition to the criminal charges, the foundation had met with all nursing staff at Lily Kirchmann to again stress the foundation\u2019s zerotolerance policy on abuse.<\/p>\n
Letters had also been sent to the residents\u2019 families. – The East London Herald<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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