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| Couple held over care home deaths | Couple held over care home deaths |
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| A couple have been arrested on suspicion of murdering five elderly residents at a care home. | A couple have been arrested on suspicion of murdering five elderly residents at a care home. |
| Nurse Rachel Baker, 45, and her husband Leigh, 48, were initially questioned over the death of a woman at Parkfields Residential Home in Butleigh, Somerset. | Nurse Rachel Baker, 45, and her husband Leigh, 48, were initially questioned over the death of a woman at Parkfields Residential Home in Butleigh, Somerset. |
| During the inquiry, detectives also ordered the exhumation of the remains of three other former residents. | During the inquiry, detectives also ordered the exhumation of the remains of three other former residents. |
| The pair, who were former managers of Parkfields, are being held on suspicion of murdering four women and one man. | The pair, who were former managers of Parkfields, are being held on suspicion of murdering four women and one man. |
| Home closed | Home closed |
| Answering bail on Monday, the Bakers were also arrested for the unlawful possession of controlled prescribed drugs, theft and attempting to pervert the course of justice. | Answering bail on Monday, the Bakers were also arrested for the unlawful possession of controlled prescribed drugs, theft and attempting to pervert the course of justice. |
| Both remain in custody at Yeovil police station. | Both remain in custody at Yeovil police station. |
| The Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI), which is responsible for regulating and inspecting social care services for adults, closed Parkfields in March after obtaining an order from magistrates. | |
| Inspectors carried out a spot-check at the home, which had 16 residents, after the Bakers were arrested in connection with the death of Lucy Cox, 97, in January. | Inspectors carried out a spot-check at the home, which had 16 residents, after the Bakers were arrested in connection with the death of Lucy Cox, 97, in January. |
| Following the closure, the remaining residents of the home were moved by Somerset County Council. | Following the closure, the remaining residents of the home were moved by Somerset County Council. |
| 'Deteriorated significantly' | |
| It was on 5 January this year that police, investigating seven suspicious deaths at the home, arrested Mrs Baker on suspicion of administering a noxious substance. | |
| Mrs Baker's husband, Leigh, was also later arrested and questioned. | |
| Then on 24 January an inspection by the CSCI concluded that standards at Parkfields had deteriorated "significantly" and the home was later closed. | |
| In June police exhumed the remains of Nellie "Mary" Pickford, 89, from Glastonbury Cemetery and of Marion Alder, 79, from the graveyard of St Leonard's Church in Butleigh. | |
| Then, in July the remains of Fred Green, 81, were dug up from a graveyard in the village of Kingweston, near Somerton. | |
| Mr and Mrs Baker were being questioned by detectives in Somerset on Monday. |