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Care home boss on murder charge | Care home boss on murder charge |
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Police investigating the suspicious deaths of 12 residents at a Somerset care home have charged its co-manager with three counts of murder. | Police investigating the suspicious deaths of 12 residents at a Somerset care home have charged its co-manager with three counts of murder. |
Rachel Baker, 44, has been charged in connection with the deaths of Francis Hay, Marion Alder and Lucy Cox. | |
She is also facing 11 counts of possessing a controlled drug. | She is also facing 11 counts of possessing a controlled drug. |
Mrs Baker and her husband Leigh, 50, who ran the Parkfields Residential Home, face other joint charges in relation to the case. | |
Seven deaths | |
They are charged with carrying out acts tending and intending to pervert the course of public justice. | |
They had been questioned in 2007 over the deaths of four women and a man. | |
Both are due to appear before South Somerset Magistrates Court, Yeovil, later. | |
In September 2008 the pair were questioned over seven other deaths but police refused to give any more details. | In September 2008 the pair were questioned over seven other deaths but police refused to give any more details. |
The couple had managed the care home for more than a decade. | The couple had managed the care home for more than a decade. |
The pair, from Glastonbury, were first arrested following the death of resident Lucy Cox, 97, on New Year's Day. | The pair, from Glastonbury, were first arrested following the death of resident Lucy Cox, 97, on New Year's Day. |
Both were originally questioned on suspicion of murdering four women and one man at the home and drug possession. | Both were originally questioned on suspicion of murdering four women and one man at the home and drug possession. |
Subsequently police exhumed the bodies of Nellie "Mary" Pickford, 89, Marion Alder, 79, and 81-year-old Fred Green. | Subsequently police exhumed the bodies of Nellie "Mary" Pickford, 89, Marion Alder, 79, and 81-year-old Fred Green. |
The identity of the fifth suspected victim has not been revealed. | The identity of the fifth suspected victim has not been revealed. |
The Commission for Social Care Inspectorate (CSCI) closed The Parkfield Care Home, at Butleigh near Glastonbury - in March 2007. | The Commission for Social Care Inspectorate (CSCI) closed The Parkfield Care Home, at Butleigh near Glastonbury - in March 2007. |