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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. The co-manager of a Somerset care home, Rachel Baker, has been charged with murdering three elderly residents.
Rachel Baker, 44, has been charged in connection with the deaths of Francis Hay, Marion Alder and Lucy Cox. Mrs Baker, 44, is accused in connection with the deaths of Francis Hay, Marion Alder and Lucy Cox at the Parkfields home, near Glastonbury.
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. Mrs Baker and her husband Leigh, 50, who jointly ran the home, are both charged with acts tending and intending to pervert the course of justice.
Seven deathsSeven 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.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. They were first questioned in 2007 over the deaths of four women and a man. In September 2008 they were questioned over seven other deaths.
The couple had managed the care home for more than a decade. The couple, from Glastonbury, were first arrested following the death of resident Lucy Cox, 97, on New Year's Day 2007.
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.
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 Commission for Social Care Inspectorate (CSCI) closed the home, at Butleigh, in March 2007.
The Commission for Social Care Inspectorate (CSCI) closed The Parkfield Care Home, at Butleigh near Glastonbury - in March 2007. The couple had managed the care home for more than a decade. It is now under completely new management.