Kerry Ferraro: Nurse allegedly assaulted patients at North Ryde facility
A 61-year-old carer will front court charged with assaulting three of her patients at a North Ryde facility earlier this year.
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A nurse care worker who police alleged assaulted three patients at a health facility in Sydney’s north will fight the charges.
Kerry Ferraro, 61, was arrested last month over the alleged assault of three patients in her care at the North Ryde facility.
Ferraro, of North Ryde, was employed by disability services provider Achieve Australia.
She was charged with three counts of common assault and was due to face Hornsby Local Court on Wednesday for the first time.
The court heard she was excused and her lawyer Stephen Tully entered pleas of not guilty to all charges via email.
Magistrate David Price confirmed “pleas of not guilty are entered on all sequences.”
According to court attendance notices, Ferraro is alleged to have assaulted two men and one woman on March 14 and April 23 this year.
The magistrate adjourned the matter for the brief to be served.
Ferraro, who is on bail, will return to the same court on August 31.
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