Care home boss jailed over shocking death of neglected widow
A NURSING home boss was jailed for corporate manslaughter yesterday after an 86-year-old resident died weighing less than four stone.
Yousaf Khan was handed a three-year sentence for corporate manslaughter after the death of Ivy Atkin
Widow Ivy Atkin was discovered barely alive and weighing just 3st 5lbs after a whistleblower alerted police to the shocking conditions at the Autumn Grange home in Nottingham.
The retired dressmaker, who suffered from dementia, was described as “skeletal” and had been left lying in urine with a rotting bed sore.
She was rushed to hospital but died shortly afterwards of pneumonia in November 2012.
Yousaf Khan, 47, was jailed for three years and two months at Nottingham Crown Court, having admitted manslaughter by gross negligence at an earlier hearing.
He also admitted breaching health and safety regulations in his role as director of the home.
Khan also admitted breaching health and safety regulations as director of the home
Elyas Patel, defending, said: “The conditions that Mrs Atkin was left in would cause anyone with a nanogram of humanity to hang their head in sorrow and shame. Mr Khan knows, expects, and indeed wants to be punished for all he has done. He apologises unreservedly.”
Officials launched an investigation when a 19-year-old carer protested at the inhumane conditions after working at the home for just three days.
A damning Care Quality Commission report found “multiple examples of neglectful care” and 28 residents had to be rehoused.
Mrs Atkin moved to Autumn Grange in 2012 when she became unable to cope in the bungalow where she had lived for more than 50 years.
Mrs Atkin was found barely alive and weighing just 3st 5lbs after a whistleblower alerted police
Khan is thought to be the first person to be jailed on corporate manslaughter charges
Her husband, Kenneth, a lemonade factory worker, died six years ago.
The couple had no children.
Sherwood Rise Ltd was fined £300,000 after the company also admitted corporate manslaughter.
Manager Mohammed Rahamatullah Khan, 39, was given a one-year suspended prison sentence after he admitted a health and safety offence.