Mental health care worker accused of incidents at Muckamore Abbey Hospital has case sent to Crown Court
A mental health care worker charged in connection with alleged incidents at Muckamore Abbey Hospital near Antrim town has had his case sent to the Crown Court.
The accused was in the dock at Antrim Magistrates Court, sitting in Ballymena, on Tuesday. The charges relate to 2017.
Desmond Michael McAuley (63), of Avon Court in Antrim town, faces eleven charges - ten of ill-treating patients and one charge that he 'detained' a patient 'against his will'.
He was given continuing bail in the sum of £500 and the cases was sent to the Crown Court in Belfast for arraignment on July 9.
A number of other employees from the hospital appeared at court recently to face similar charges.