A 42-year-old woman arrested this morning by detectives from the Police Service’s Public Protection Branch investigating the allegations of ill-treatment of patients at Muckamore Abbey hospital has been released pending report to the PPS.
Seven people have been informed they are to be prosecuted by the Public Prosecution Service for a range of alleged offences, including ill-treatment and wilful neglect contrary to the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986, in connection with the alleged ill-treatment of patients at Muckamore.