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A care worker held a towel over the face of a disabled resident to stop him from spitting on her.
But a colleague of 55-year-old Christine Grant reported her to management of a care centre in Nairn and she was sacked before being charged by police with assault.
Grant, of Culduthel Park, Inverness, appeared at the city’s Sheriff Court on Thursday before Sheriff Gary Aitken and told him: “I deserve to be punished, I will never work in the care sector again. I have never been in trouble before. If I could change things, I would.
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