Muckamore Abbey mental health care workers have neglect charges withdrawn after accepting police cautions
Two Muckamore Abbey mental health care workers who had been accused of the wilful neglect of a patient, have had the charges withdrawn by the Public Prosecution Service after cautions were administered by police.
They had the cases dealt with at Antrim Magistrates Court, sitting in Ballymena, on Tuesday (June 30).
Joanne Bernadette Moores (56), of Stiles Farm in Antrim town, had been charged with two counts of neglecting the same patient on, according to the charge sheet, June 5 and August 30 in 2017.
Fiona Doherty (55), of Chapeltown Road near Kells, had been charged with neglecting the same patient on July 20, 2017, according to the charge sheet.
Full details about the background to the charges were not outlined to the court.
A number of other employees from the hospital have appeared at court recently charged with offences.