Twisted Scots care home worker jailed after sexually abusing OAPS as old as 90
The sicko preyed on OAPs as old as 90
SICKO CAGED Twisted Scots care home worker jailed after sexually abusing OAPS as old as 90
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A PERVERT carer who molested three elderly men at a home has been put behind bars.
David Hillhouse, 32, was snared after a 92-year-old victim gave a harrowing account of his ordeal to his granddaughter.
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David Hillhouse was convicted of three sex assaults on pensioners
The sicko preyed on the OAP and two others aged 71 and 66 at a Glasgow care home between 2017 and 2022.
The city's sheriff court was told Hillhouse committed the vile offences while cleaning intimate areas and helping the gents to the toilet.
Prosecutor Ryan Watson said of the oldest victim, who has since died: 'The man made a gesture with his hands.
'He asked for Hillhouse to be kept away from him. The victim's granddaughter said he was extremely upset, crying and broke down.
'He had physical ailments but there was no concern about his mental capabilities.'
The 71-year-old victim, now also deceased, was touched by Hillhouse while receiving help on his bed so he could do the toilet.
Mr Watson told the court how a nurse witnessed the assault after leaving a room briefly to get cleaning gear.
He said: 'She came back and saw the man lying on his front with half of his face on a pillow. Hillhouse was stood at the side of him.
'She was disgusted by what she saw.'
The fiend had been repeatedly touching the man intimately, the court heard.
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An ex-colleague said she saw Hillhouse assault the 66-year-old resident while giving a cleaning demonstration.
Ruth Williams, 58, added: 'It just did not seem appropriate to the job that we would be doing.'
Hillhouse, from Glasgow's Penilee area, was convicted by a jury of assaulting one man plus ill-treating and wilfully neglecting two others.
Sheriff Tony Kelly deferred sentence until July and rem-anded him in custody.
Hillhouse, who no longer works in the care sector, was put on the sex offenders list.
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