
Detectives from PSNI’s Public Protection Branch investigating the allegations of ill-treatment of patients at Muckamore Abbey Hospital, arrested a 56 year old male this morning, Thursday 25 November, in the Antrim area.
This takes the total amount of arrests made so far to 25.
To date seven people have been informed they are to be prosecuted by the Public Prosecution Service for a range of offences, including ill-treatment and wilful neglect contrary to the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986, in connection with the alleged ill-treatment of patients at the Hospital.