Nurse struck off for hitting dementia sufferer

A cruel nurse who backhanded an elderly dementia-sufferer across the face and told her: ‘You’re a horrible f***ing lady’ has been struck off. Sandra Karim, 59, was spared jail after being convicted of ill-treating 84-year-old Sylvia Lyall at Sycamore Lodge Care Home in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire. Karim walked the immobile patient, who needed two-hourly checks, towards a commode with another healthcare worker before slapping her three times on the shoulder. She let go of Mrs Lyall, leaving her to fall onto…