![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/my-nan-should-be-safe-in-care-home/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/3_JH_MEN_300723_JAKEASTLEY.jpg&description=Jake Astley broke into a care home in Oldham, Greater Manchester, chased terrified staff with a butter knife and then went into the victim's bedroom, a court was told The devastated granddaughter of a vulnerable pensioner who was attacked in her bedroom at a care home has spoken of the grief it has caused her family. The elderly victim, who has dementia, has been "destroyed" by Jake Astley's vile attempt to rape her in the residential facility in Oldham, Greater Manchester. A court heard Astley, 22, broke into the nursing home, chased terrified staff with a butter knife and then went into the victim's bedroom. The defendant, branded "dangerous in court, has now been locked up for 10 years six months after pleading guilty to the charge of attempted rape and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Police officers who responded to the incident found Astley half-naked in the victim's room and said she was also partially unclothed with her underwear around her ankles. The victim, who is partially paralysed and unable to communicate verbally, has now lost "a significant amount of weight" and has been "destroyed" by the ordeal, her granddaughter said in a powerful victim impact statement. Read at Minshull Street Crown Court, the statement said: "She used to laugh and smile and was happy and sociable. It's heartbreaking to see who she is now. "He's not just destroyed her last few years but also her family's and all the happy memories they should be making. She is withdrawn and anxious. I can't begin to imagine the pain she experiences from the moment she wakes up to the moment she goes to sleep. "When a man walks into her room who she doesn't know you can see the fear in her eyes. He has destroyed my grandma. A defenceless and vulnerable old lady should have felt safe in her own home." One police officer said the job at the care home, which cannot be named in order to protect the victim's identity, was "one of the worst incidents" they had attended in their 18-year career,){kind=link}
Jake Astley broke into a care home in Oldham, Greater Manchester, chased terrified staff with a butter knife and then went into the victim’s bedroom, a court was told
The devastated granddaughter of a vulnerable pensioner who was attacked in her bedroom at a care home has spoken of the grief it has caused her family.
The elderly victim, who has dementia, has been “destroyed” by Jake Astley’s vile attempt to rape her in the residential facility in Oldham, Greater Manchester. A court heard Astley, 22, broke into the nursing home, chased terrified staff with a butter knife and then went into the victim’s bedroom.
The defendant, branded “dangerous in court, has now been locked up for 10 years six months after pleading guilty to the charge of attempted rape and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
Police officers who responded to the incident found Astley half-naked in the victim’s room and said she was also partially unclothed with her underwear around her ankles. The victim, who is partially paralysed and unable to communicate verbally, has now lost “a significant amount of weight” and has been “destroyed” by the ordeal, her granddaughter said in a powerful victim impact statement.