Ban for millionaire care home owner who left residents in squalor

  A millionaire care home owner who left his residents to live in squalor has been banned from nursing. Soondressen Cooppen was struck off the register for life after a CQC inspection found his three homes in Surrey covered in urine and mould, and residents malnourished and dehydrated. Cooppen escaped criminal prosecution after the closure of Merok Park, Sutton, in 2016, despite the Nursing and Midwifery Council stating he ‘abused his position of trust’ in their report. At Merok Park,…