Jury reaches verdict in trial of carer accused of raping elderly woman with dementia in her bedroom

A jury has reached a verdict in the trial of a carer who was accused of raping an elderly woman with dementia in her bedroom whilst he worked a night shift at the home.

Stanley Ekhator, 36, went on trial before a jury at Minshull Street Crown Court last Monday (June 26) charged with rape and sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder. He denied both charges.

Prosecutors alleged that Mr Ekhator was working a night shift at the home when he raped the woman, who has dementia, in December 2022. It was alleged the incident took place between 3.15 and 3.30am.

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After deliberations on Monday (July 3), the jury found Mr Ekhator was not guilty of the count of rape, but found him guilty of sexual activity with a mentally disordered female. He will appear in court to be sentenced on July 28.

The trial had previously been told that Mr Ekhator had started working at the care home in May 2021 as a maintenance worker but later trained to be a carer after the home started struggling with staffing due to Covid-19.

The prosecution told jurors that the woman was examined at a sexual assault referral centre where staff found she had a number of injuries including scratches to her shoulder as well as bruises to her shoulder, chest, abdomen, arms, knees and inner thighs.

During the trial jurors were told that DNA swabs found traces of semen in the victim's vagina and that it was 'a billion times more likely' that Mr Ekhator had contributed to the DNA sample than he had not.

Giving evidence last Thursday (June 29) Mr Ekhator told jurors in his defence that the female victim had made multiple advances towards him. He said on previous