Care worker denies Red Rum jibe

Not guilty pleas were lodged at Inverness Sheriff Court

A care home worker has denied placing oversized false teeth in a resident's mouth and likening him to Grand National winner Red Rum.

Janet Cameron, 42, of Inverness, is to face trial on charges of assaulting and abusing five residents at a nursing home in the city.

Ms Cameron is accused of seven charges relating to her alleged behaviour at the city's Southside Nursing Home.

She pleaded not guilty on Thursday at Inverness Sheriff Court.

Flicked water

A special condition was set that she does not enter the home, or its grounds.

In one case it is alleged she "cruelly and unnaturally" treated one resident.

It includes an alternative charge of breach of the peace by placing oversized false teeth in his mouth, laughing at him and likening him to the racehorse Red Rum.

She is accused of committing the alleged offence on 13 May.

The care worker is also alleged to have slapped and flicked water in the faces of other residents.

Ms Cameron's solicitor, Marc Dickson, lodged pleas of not guilty when his client appeared at court.

Her case had been continued from last month after she made no plea to the charges.

Sheriff Derek Pyle continued Ms Cameron's bail and set a trail date for 24 September.