Man (62) is charged with ill-treating patients at Muckamore Abbey Hospital

The 62-year-old is charged in relation to 2017.

Cathal Poyntz, of Menin Road, was at Antrim Magistrates Court, sitting in Ballymena on Tuesday (October 27), where he was given continuing bail in the sum of £500 ahead of his arraignment at the Crown Court in Belfast on November 9.

A number of other employees from the hospital have appeared at court recently charged with offences.