Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Sick carer who sexually abused resident at Dundee care home is jailed

Sick carer who sexually abused resident at Dundee care home is jailed

A carer who sexually abused a vulnerable resident at a city care home has been locked up.

Lewis Collings, 28, was caught with his trousers below his waist while crouching beside the woman’s bed.

His trial at Dundee Sheriff Court heard claims that Collins dropped his bottoms because he “had a wedgie” but later gave evidence saying it was his victim who pulled his trousers down.

Jurors, however, saw through Collings’ lies and found him guilty of exposing himself to the woman.

A sheriff today slammed Collings after he appeared to give social workers a new explanation for how his offence occurred.

When giving evidence, one of Collings’ co-workers said she walked into the woman’s room and saw the creep next to the woman with his trousers “20 to 30 centimetres” from his waist.

She said Collings, a man with no previous convictions, did not attempt to pull his trousers and underwear up.

He denied engaging in any sexual activity and also claimed he removed his trousers because he was “hot”.

https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/dundee-care-home-worker-had-underwear-down-lying-next-to-vulnerable-woman/

Collings, of Dunholm Road, was found guilty by a unanimous verdict of engaging in sexual activity with the woman by exposing himself to her at the home on May 13 2018.

The offence was committed while Collings was supposed to be providing care for her.

It was also revealed that Collings’ internet history around the time of the offence showed searches for terms including “what would happen to a carer if they had sex with a resident?”

Collings returned to the dock from custody following the preparation of reports.

Defence solicitor Kevin Hampton said that he could say little in mitigation, adding that he had recently been made aware of Collings potentially suffering undiagnosed learning difficulties.

Sheriff Tom Hughes imposed a four-year extended sentence on Collings, three of which will be served in custody.

When passing sentence, he said: “It now occurs to me that you have again changed your version of events. You are actually trying to blame all of this on your victim.

“Your account was never accepted by the jury. Not one member of the jury was prepared to accept your version of events.

“You betrayed the trust society has placed on you.”

Collings was also placed on the sex offender’s register for life.

This article originally appeared on the Evening Telegraph website. For more information, read about our new combined website.