A judge said he had to deal with his own 'revulsion ' as he jailed four care home assistants who called their dementia residents 'fugly ' and told one she was living in a brothel . The women , who worked at the dementia unit of the Bupa-run facility , in Bretton , Cambridgeshire , told one woman she was going to be killed . Another confused patient was told she was living in a brothel and should expect male visitors . Chloe Pearsall , 26 , ( left ) and Nicole Howley , 25 ( right ) committed the acts of abuse at the care home throughout 2013 they have been jailed along with their colleagues Joanne Fisher , 36 , and Barbara Holcroft , 63 . All four workers ‘ systematically ’ abused residents until a whistleblower reported them to bosses . Nicole Howley , 25 , was jailed for two years this week after she was found guilty of two charges of ill-treating a person as a carer under the Mental Capacity Act . Colleagues Chloe Pearsall , 26 , Joanne Fisher , 36 , and Barbara Holcroft , 63 , were convicted of one count of the same offence and sentenced to nine months each . Sentencing the women , Judge Sean Enright said he had ‘ put aside his own personal revulsion ’ to find a ‘ just , proportionate sentence ’ . Using the word ‘ fugly ’ demonstrated the ‘ lack of respect ’ they showed patients , he added , saying : ‘ This was systematic ill-treatment. ’ The case highlights the plight of many old and vulnerable people in the care system and hospitals . The Daily Mail has repeatedly called for improved standards under its Dignity for the Elderly campaign . The four workers waged their hate-filled campaign throughout 2013 . Wentworth Croft Care Home in Bretton , Cambridgeshire has 156 rooms which offer nursing , residential and dementia care for elderly people . During a trial at Peterborough Magistrates Court earlier this year , co-worker Lanya Edwards described how the women , all from Peterborough , abused one resident with ‘ quite advanced ’ dementia . Wentworth Croft Care Home in Bretton , Cambridgeshire ( pictured ) has 156 rooms which offer nursing , residential and dementia care for elderly people . The four workers waged their hate-filled campaign throughout 2013 and told one elderly resident that she was working in a brothel . ‘ She would ask where she was a lot . I would say she was in a care home in Peterborough and she would be staying here until she got better , ’ she said . ‘ But I heard some care assistants tell her she was living in a brothel . She used to get quite worried . It is not a nice thing to hear. ’ Miss Edwards said she heard Fisher , Holcroft and Howley taunting the women ‘ at least a couple of times a week ’ . She also said she heard the women calling people ‘ fugly ’ behind their backs – although another witness , Jessica Skelly , told the court they used the term openly with at least one resident . ‘ It was used to her . She used to get distressed and said she would phone the police , ’ she said . Describing the vile abuse meted out to the woman who was told she was working in a brothel , she added : ‘ Chloe , Jo and Nicole all referred to her as a prostitute… they said she wasn ’ t pulling her weight. ’ Three of the workers regularly referred to one resident as a prostitute and told another she was fugly . After the group were found guilty , magistrates decided to send the case to Peterborough Crown Court for sentencing because their sentencing powers were insufficient to reflect the ‘ gravitas of the offences and the vulnerability of the victims ’ . Andrew Hurst , representing the women on Wednesday , said they continued to deny the offences . They were all dismissed from their jobs in February last year . A spokesman for the care home said : ‘ Everyone at the home is deeply shocked by the deplorable behaviour of these experienced carers. ’ A fifth carer , Benjamin Appiah , denies ill-treating three women and will stand trial in June .
Judge had to set aside own feelings to give them an appropriate perspective . Carers told one woman she lived in a brothel , another she would be killed . All four care workers arrested and jailed for the ' systematic abuse ' Abuse committed in 2013 at the Croft detention centre in Cambridgeshire .