Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletter A carer who taunted and poked a helpless elderly woman with dementia whilst giggling walked free from court after being handed a suspended sentence.
Valentina Baghiu, 23, was seen ignoring her victim's pleas to leave her alone and threatening her with a clenched fist in shocking videos show in court.
Baghiu, abused 83-year-old Elizabeth Ann Mernock, known as Ann, whilst working at a care home on Merseyside, reports the Liverpool Echo.
In two clips Baghiu, was seen cackling, wriggling her fingers in the pensioner's face and saying "You would think I'm playing with the cat." Her case was previously sent to Liverpool Crown Court by magistrates because
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