A man has claimed there was a campaign of bullying by carers at a home where three residents were allegedly neglected.

Luke Inman, 50, added that he witnessed a vulnerable man in a wheelchair be pushed towards a door two weeks before his death.

Mr Inman made the allegations towards colleagues at Campsie Neurological Centre in Kirkintilloch.

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He told Glasgow Sheriff Court that he witnessed other incidents but was told to mind his own business by his manager.

Catherine Haughey, 59, of Kilsyth, is on trial accused of ill-treating or wilfully neglecting Edward McBride.

Nigora Hamatova, 38, of Shotts, faces a similar charge against an Edward Egan.

She is joined in the dock by Amelia Green, 58, of Kilsyth, Lesley-Ann Gray, 58, of Bishopbriggs, and Lynne O'Neill, 39, of Glasgow's Carntyne, for allegedly neglecting a Neil Henderson.

The allegations span between January 2018 and April 2020.

Former maintenance worker for the home Mr Inman stated that he saw Haughey push wheelchair user Edward McBride from behind.

He said: "Mr McBride was facing me, Catherine came down the corridor - his back was to her.

"She took hold of the handles and fired him away."

Prosecutor Ross Canning asked what force was used.

Mr Inman replied: "A man in a wheelchair to go several feet forward and crash into a door."

Mr Canning asked the witness how he felt about the incident.

He replied: "I was gobsmacked - I stared at her open mouthed.

"I couldn't believe what I was seeing...she gestured to me kind of like 'what' and walked away."

Mr Inman was then asked if he reported the incident to his manager.

He said: "Yes, I tried but I reported staff a number of times - I was told to stay in my lane and mind my own business.

"She said you worry about maintenance and I will worry about the floor."

Mr Inman stated that Mr McBride died two weeks later unrelated to the incident.

Ricardo Matteo, defending Haughey, asked Mr Imran if he liked her and he replied: "No."

When asked why he replied: "She was part of a bullying campaign in there.

"If you were not in their little clique."

Mr Inman then pointed out that O'Neill in the dock was not part of the clique.

He went on: "If you were not in their clique, if you were not under their control, you were an outsider and they made life difficult for you."

Retired domestic worker at the home Margaret Bell, 71, claimed that she saw Haughey, Hamatova, Green and Gray banging on the door of another resident Neil Henderson.

She stated that she heard Mr Henderson shout for them to get out of his room before he chased them down a corridor in his boxer shorts.

Mr Canning asked if Mrs Bell heard anything and she said: "No, they were just running down the corridor and laughing."

Former laundry worker Anne Fulton, 66, earlier told the court that she washed a pair of Mr Henderson's combat trousers.

She recalled Green initially asking her if she had Mr Henderson's washing.

The witness stated: "I said that his trousers were soaking in the basin and then she asked if I had a pair of scissors, I said I did and then I just carried on.

"She took the trousers out and just cut down the middle of the pockets and they were just flapping."

Miss Fulton claimed that Green told her to inform Mr Henderson that the trousers got torn in the wash.

She stated that she reported the incident her manager who told her to "mind your own business, it's up to the carers to see to his needs."

Miss Fulton also stated that the home's "pleasant atmosphere" became "stressful" when Green, Haughey and Hamatova joined.

Former staff nurse at the home Marissa Mantilla went over Mr Henderson's care plans with Mr Canning.

It was revealed that he had a compulsive hoarding disorder and would take items such as cutlery from the home to keep in his room.

The care plans also told staff that Mr Henderson could be verbally and violently aggressive.

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Mr Canning asked: "Looking at this, staff would be able to see that taking something without his permission would cause him to become aggressive?"

Miss Mantilla replied: "Yes."

The witness agreed with Mr Canning that Gray, Hamantova, Haughey and Green signed Mr Henderson's care plan between December 2019 and January 2020.

The trial continues in October before Sheriff Kevin McCarron.