Carer raped 99-year-old woman as horrified family watched on hidden camera

The family of a 99-year-old woman watched in horror on a hidden camera as she was raped by her carer.

Phillip Carey was caught on a camera installed by the victim’s concerned family, who noticed her behaviour had changed.

The woman, who suffered from dementia, was living in a Blackpool care home and stopped letting her relatives touch her and begged them not to leave, warning “they will hurt me”, LancsLive reports.

They placed the camera in her room and saw Carey, 48, walk into her room and rape her.

They called the police and Carey was arrested.

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He was presented with forensic evidence as well as the camera footage and pleaded guilty to rape, sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder impeding choice and sexual activity in the presence of a person with a mental disorder by a care worker, at a hearing at Preston Crown Court.

He was handed a life sentence and will serve at least 10 years before becoming eligible for release.

A statement released on behalf of the victim's family said: "Our elderly relative has gone through a horrific ordeal at the hands of someone we trusted to care for her.

"We had noticed her behaviour had changed, she became withdrawn, wouldn't hug or kiss us and she didn't want us to go when we were leaving. And on a couple of occasions she said things that worried us, suggesting she would be punished.

"We were concerned that maybe someone was being unkind or too rough with her so we decided to install a hidden camera in her room so we could see what was happening. We were shocked and horrified, never imagining that we would see her being abused and raped in her own room.

"We called the police and their