A care worker has avoided jail after he was caught on camera abusing an 'exceptionally vulnerable' autistic man.Raja Khan, 29, was filmed on a hidden camera abusing Ollie Hopton, 20, at the Nursery Road Care Home in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, in 2017.Khan called Mr Hopton 'a lazy, lazy a***hole', dragging him out of bed, poking him repeatedly and, on one occasion, throwing imitation punches near him.Khan had worked in the care industry for 10 years, but mainly with adults before being made a team leader at the care home, run by London Care Partnership (now known as Elysium Healthcare but abuse occurred before they took over). Care worker Raja Khan (pictured) has avoided jail after he was found guilt to ill-treatment and wilful neglect after footage showed him abusing an 'exceptionally vulnerable' autistic man in 2017 at the Nursery Road Care Home Last month Khan, from Hounslow, was found guilty of ill-treatment and wilful neglect at Guildford Crown Court.Passing sentence at the same court on Friday, Judge Rufus Taylor said Khan lacked training and that there was 'a lack of supervision further up the chain.'The judge said: 'In my judgement, you just couldn't cope with him.' Khan was jailed for 12 months, suspended for 18 months. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Social worker is struck off for fleecing her retired... NHS doctor, 38, arrested over string of violent drunken... Son, 58, launches legal battle against Catholic church after... Catholic mother wins court bid to stop medics performing an... Share this article Share 44 shares He was also ordered to do 250 hours of unpaid work and 30 days of rehabilitation activity, and banned from working with children and vulnerable adults.Mr Hopton's mother, Caroline Hopton, had installed the hidden camera in his room due to problems at a previous care home.The footage uncovered Khan dragging her son out of bed on an occasion when she was unable to visit him.Further footage recorded from between July and September 2017 showed a total of 11 instances of ill-treatment, of which Judge Taylor said the 'shadow boxing' was the 'most disturbing' and had caused Mr Hopton 'great distress'. Footage from Ollie Hopton's (pictured) room, set up by his mother Caroline, shows Khan abusing Mr Hopton on 11 different occasions from between July to September 2017Reading a statement at Khan's sentencing on Friday, Ms Hopton said the abuse had left her son, who requires constant care due to his condition, 'depressed, withdrawn and anxious'.Ms Hopton said: 'Raja Khan wilfully took advantage of Oliver's vulnerability and committed the most heinous breach of trust by abusing and neglecting my son, behind closed doors, while in his care at London Care Partnership, now operating as Elysium Healthcare.'When Oliver left the Nursery Road home, he was emotionally and mentally broken, as was I. The images of the abuse that took place will forever haunt me and literally broke my heart.'However, she said, since leaving
Care Home worker who abused an autistic man avoids jail
A care worker has avoided jail after he was caught on camera abusing an 'exceptionally vulnerable' autistic man.Raja Khan, 29, was filmed on a hidden camera abusing Ollie Hopton, 20, at the Nursery Road Care Home in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, in 2017.Khan called Mr Hopton 'a lazy, lazy a***hole', dragging him out of bed, poking him repeatedly and, on one occasion, throwing imitation punches near him.Khan had worked in the care industry for 10 years, but mainly with adults before being made a team leader at the care home, run by London Care Partnership (now known as Elysium Healthcare but abuse occurred before they took over). Care worker Raja Khan (pictured) has avoided jail after he was found guilt to ill-treatment and wilful neglect after footage showed him abusing an 'exceptionally vulnerable' autistic man in 2017 at the Nursery Road Care Home Last month Khan, from Hounslow, was found guilty of ill-treatment and wilful neglect at Guildford Crown Court.Passing sentence at the same court on Friday, Judge Rufus Taylor said Khan lacked training and that there was 'a lack of supervision further up the chain.'The judge said: 'In my judgement, you just couldn't cope with him.' Khan was jailed for 12 months, suspended for 18 months. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Social worker is struck off for fleecing her retired... NHS doctor, 38, arrested over string of violent drunken... Son, 58, launches legal battle against Catholic church after... Catholic mother wins court bid to stop medics performing an... Share this article Share 44 shares He was also ordered to do 250 hours of unpaid work and 30 days of rehabilitation activity, and banned from working with children and vulnerable adults.Mr Hopton's mother, Caroline Hopton, had installed the hidden camera in his room due to problems at a previous care home.The footage uncovered Khan dragging her son out of bed on an occasion when she was unable to visit him.Further footage recorded from between July and September 2017 showed a total of 11 instances of ill-treatment, of which Judge Taylor said the 'shadow boxing' was the 'most disturbing' and had caused Mr Hopton 'great distress'. Footage from Ollie Hopton's (pictured) room, set up by his mother Caroline, shows Khan abusing Mr Hopton on 11 different occasions from between July to September 2017Reading a statement at Khan's sentencing on Friday, Ms Hopton said the abuse had left her son, who requires constant care due to his condition, 'depressed, withdrawn and anxious'.Ms Hopton said: 'Raja Khan wilfully took advantage of Oliver's vulnerability and committed the most heinous breach of trust by abusing and neglecting my son, behind closed doors, while in his care at London Care Partnership, now operating as Elysium Healthcare.'When Oliver left the Nursery Road home, he was emotionally and mentally broken, as was I. The images of the abuse that took place will forever haunt me and literally broke my heart.'However, she said, since leaving
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