CARE WORKER WHO BROKE SPINE IN ‘SHINING’ SEX ATTACK CALLS FOR TOUGHER SAFETY MEASURES
A care worker who broke her spine after jumping from a window to escape a sex attack at the hands of a resident has called for tougher safety measures to protect care staff. Jemma Rixon, 20, had been left on her own to work a night shift at the Potens residential home in Birkenhead, Merseyside when she was attacked by schizophrenic resident, Craig Cantwell, 30, in July 2013. After Cantwell tried to rape her, Ms Rixon fled to an adjoining bathroom, where she hid as he hacked his way through the wall – a scene reminiscent of Jack Nicholson’s ‘Here’s Johnny’ clip in the 1980 thriller, ‘The Shining’...
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