By James Titcomb PUBLISHED: 13:46 EST, 5 July 2012 | UPDATED: 14:22 EST, 5 July 2012 Two carers nicknamed 'the matrons from hell' were jailed today after they subjected disabled care home residents to a series of abuses. Joanne Robinson, 47, and Ann Leach, 48, assaulted, starved and humiliated two defenceless residents for almost two years while scared colleagues said nothing at a home in Farnsworth, near Bolton. One of their victims, a 44-year-old woman who couldn't speak and was virtually blind, was strapped to a wheelchair as 'punishment' and locked inside her bedroom as she sobbed and screamed.
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Joanne Robinson and Ann Leach assaulted and starved defenceless residents of a care home in Farnsworth, near Bolton, for two years
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They strapped victims to wheelchairs and kicked them while shouting abuse
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Colleagues were intimidated into staying silent about abuse
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Robinson and Leach sentenced to 15 and 21 months respectively today
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Judge says abused victims were as 'vulnerable as new born babies'
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