NHS nurse guilty of sexually assaulting elderly woman, 85, during visit to her home

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery He had claimed to be from the Royal Berkshire orthopaedic unit and assaulted her while checking her mobility Hicks, of Woodley, Reading, had denied the charges and claimed that he had only visited the woman in her home on the day after her fall to carry out a nursing assessment. However, the jury found that he had also attended her home in January, wearing a surgical mask, a plastic apron and gloves, and told the pensioner that he was from the Royal Berkshire Hospital orthopaedic unit after she said she no longer had care visits. In body-worn footage of the woman talking to police in her home, she said the assailant apologised to her after she pushed him away and told her he “got carried away”. open image in gallery Steven Hicks has been on trial at Reading Crown Court He is also said to have access the woman’s clinical records seven times, including on the day of the assault when he was off-duty.