A CARER is accused of punching an elderly patient.

Susan Hill, 57, allegedly assaulted 82-year-old Margaret Brown at Hawthorn Care Home in Glasgow's Possilpark.

Court papers state Hill was employed as a carer when she punched Miss Brown on her head to her injury.

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Hill, of the city's Milton, denies the single charge at Glasgow Sheriff Court.

A trial has been fixed for March and Hill is ordained to appear meantime.