Man jailed for sex attack on dementia sufferer

A MAN who sexually assaulted an elderly woman after breaking into a care home has been jailed.

‘Shameless’ Jake Morris, 24, has ‘no place in society’, police said after he was caged for the shocking attack on the pensioner, who has dementia.

He denied sexually assaulting her at the facility when interviewed by officers. During the court case Morris changed his plea and finally admitted his crime. He also pleaded guilty to burglary and assault and was jailed for six years and four months.

Bolton Crown Court heard that staff at the home went into the woman’s room on January 28 last year and noticed the window was wide open – and that the seal and metal arms were broken.

They noticed the pensioner had an injury to her lower jaw and blood in her mouth.

Staff raised the alarm before searching other rooms. They noticed signs of two more points of broken entry, muddy footprints and grass on the floor. A television and suitcases were also missing.

A man was found rummaging through a suitcase on a corridor next to the woman’s bedroom, but fled.

Morris, of no fixed address, was arrested following forensic tests.

Det Con Andy Partington of GMP’s Wigan Borough, said: “Morris saw an opportunity to sexually assault one of the most vulnerable people in our society and shamelessly took it. He has no place in our society and now, as someone who would stoop so low to break into a care home and violate the safety of the residents, he is exactly where he belongs.”