Mohammed Bari 26

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A CARER has been locked up for 12 years after sexually abusing a vulnerable man he was caring for.

Vile Mohammed Bari carried out a sustained campaign of abuse while he was working as a carer for his victim in south Essex.

The 22-year-old secured the job in 2016 to care for a 65-year-old man who was suffering from depression and dementia.

On at least two occasions Bari forced the vulnerable man to perform degrading sex acts on him.

Bari, of Lewes Road, Southend, consistently abused the man in his own home.

His victim eventually told another carer about what was happening in July 2017, and Bari was suspended, and later charged with sexual activity with a person suffering from a mental disorder.

Following a trial at Basildon Crown Court earlier this year, a jury convicted Bari by majority verdict of two counts, and acquitted him of one other.

His victim has since died.

Bari appeared by video link at Chelmsford Crown court today where he was lambasted by Judge Samantha Cohen.

She said: You stayed overnight in his home. You had authority over him as a parent would over a child.

Your employment placed you in a position of trust. You abused that trust in the most grotesque fashion.

You said what you were doing would help him relax.

You made him promise not to tell anyone about it. Fortunately, he did tell someone, another carer.

He made a tape recording of him explaining what it was you had done. His stress and fear are manifested in that recording.

Having heard it and seen his victim statement I am satisfied you sexually assaulted him on many occasions. The jury convicted you on two occasions, but I am satisfied it was many more than that.

Your victim was relieved that you were not going to come back. He died in May 2019. You were not responsible for his death, but you were responsible for the despair and fear which occurred in the immediate aftermath of your offending.

Your offending is hard to comprehend. You did not, and do not suffer from any mental illness.

Judge Cohen said that Bari had denied performing sex acts on himself while his victim was in the same room during the trial, but has now admitted to that.

Despite the conviction, the court heard that Bari does not accept the verdicts of the jury.

Judge Cohen added: It is very hard to say that you are remorseful when you keep changing your story. You have refused to accept what you have done despite the overwhelming evidence.

It makes it quite impossible to understand why you did this. Perhaps you were sexually attracted to him, or attracted to having total power over him in such invasive fashion. They are repeated offences that took place over many months.

Bari was given 12 years detention and will serve at least two years on licence following his release.