Less than one in 100 abuses result in a court conviction

IT’S United Nations World Elder Abuse Awareness Day today and to mark the event here’s someone who knows all about abusing the elderly.

Disability THIEVES Dawn McIntosh, and inset Jenna Roberts Victim/crime type

Older people (aged 65 and over) Racially motivated Religiously motivated Homophobic/ transphobic Estimated total number (2015) Number recorded by police (2015/16) Number referred to Crown Prosecution Service (2015/16) Convictions (2015/16) Convictions as % of total number