Bolton carer to face trial over Edenfield Centre charges

Sheryl Price, 45, was charged with 14 counts of ill-treating or wilfully neglecting an individual while a care worker at the Edenfield Centre, Prestwich, between May and June 2022.

Support worker Price was charged alongside nurse Sara Coleman, 43, from Stretford, as part of a police investigation into the Bury New Road-based mental health hospital.

Both women appeared before Judge Maurice Greene at Minshull Street Crown Court this week for a brief further case management hearing.

The two women appeared before Minshull Street Crown Court (Image: Anthony Moss)

The hearing mainly discussed administrative matters which cannot be reported at this stage.

A spokesperson for the courts and tribunal service confirmed that Price, of Eldergreen Close, Daubhill, denied all charges against her and is set to face a trial.

Price was charged with committing the offences against four different people.

But Coleman, of Mitford Street, Stretford, confessed to four counts of ill-treatment or neglect, committed in May 2022.

Both women had been charged last November in connection with a police investigation into the Edenfield Centre.

They each made their first appearance at Manchester and Salford Magistrates Court in March of this year, during which no pleas were entered.

Judge Greene granted both women bail ahead of another further case management hearing on December 4 this year.

Coleman is expected to be sentenced after Price’s trial, which is expected to be set at a later date, concludes.

Speaking when the two women were charged, Detective Inspector Julie Adams from Greater Manchester Police’s Bury district said: “Since 2022, we have been actively investigating several allegations relating to the the Edenfield Centre, following a period of undercover filing at the mental health unit.

“We have now charged two suspects in relation to this, and they will appear at Court in the new year.

“Since this incident was brought to our attention, we have been working with partner agencies to ensure that patients were safeguarded and to investigate criminality.

“Anyone who has concerns about care they or a loved one has received should contact us or Crimestoppers.”