A nursing home owner has been jailed for 12 weeks for assaulting an elderly resident in his care.

Daniel Purgaus was convicted of attacking 80-year-old Ronald Thomas at the Overnhill House residential home in Downend, Bristol in January 2008.

On Monday magistrates in the city heard 59-year-old Purgaus grabbed Mr Thomas and dragged him across a floor after he complained he was feeling cold.

Purgaus, an experienced carer, had denied attacking Mr Thomas.

In an earlier hearing the court had heard how Mr Thomas had complained of being cold and asked for a heater to be turned on.

The court heard that it was in response to this that Purgaus grabbed him by the collar and pulled him from his seat across the floor of the lounge to the heater.

Mr Thomas, had been living on his own in the Easton area of the city, before moving into Overnhill House last December. Find Nursing Home Manager Jobs Here