A care worker from Bury St Edmunds has denied ill-treating and wilfully neglecting a man under his supervision.

Constantin Pricop, of Salter Close in the west Suffolk town, appeared at Suffolk Magistrates’ Court in Ipswich on Friday.

The 47-year-old is accused of the ill-treatment on June 27 last year.

Pricop denies the charge.

His case was committed to Ipswich Crown Court for July 12.