A former care home director has been jailed after admitting manslaughter by gross negligence following the death of an elderly resident found living in appalling conditions.
Ivy Atkin, 86, died in November 2012 after being moved from the former Autumn Grange Care Home in Herbert Road, Sherwood Rise.
Yousaf Khan, 46, of Lucknow Drive, Mapperley Park, admitted the charge in December and returned to Nottingham Crown Court for sentencing.
The court heard Mrs Atkin weighed just 3st 12lbs, or 25kg, when she died shortly after being moved out of the home.
Care staff were brought in and residents transferred by Nottingham City Council after concerns were raised about falling standards.
Some staff drafted in described seeing some of the worst conditions they had ever seen.
Residents were lying in beds covered in their own urine and faeces, living in dark rooms because of broken lights and sharing clothing including underwear because of a chaotic laundry system.
I wouldn’t have let a dog live there
In a statement read out in court, one worker who was brought in said: “I personally wouldn’t have let a dog live there.”
Mrs Atkin was among 28 residents urgently moved to a new home by the authority but was already gravely ill and died on November 22.
She had pneumonia which she was unable to fight off because of her low weight and poor condition, which included a deep pressure sore on her back.
Police were called in and also brought a corporate manslaughter charge on parent company Sherwood Rise Limited and a health and safety law charge on a manager at the home, Mohammed Rahamatullah Khan, 39, of Zulla Road, Mapperley Park.
Yousaf Khan also faced a health and safety offence charge.
Guilty pleas were entered for all the charges at a hearing in December.
Yousaf Khan today apologised to Mrs Atkin’s family in court through his barrister, who also said his client admitted his culpability early on, telling police “the buck stops with me”.
Lord Justice Robert Jay sentenced Yousaf Khan to three years two months in prison and Mohammed Khan to one year, but suspended his term for two years.
Sherwood Rise Limited was also fined £300,000.
The building is no longer a care home and has been converted into flats.
