I did it for my son, says campaigner ahead of Muckamore abuse report

I did it for my son, says campaigner ahead of Muckamore abuse report7 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleMarie-Louise ConnollyHealth correspondent, BBC News NIPA MediaGlynn Brown's son Aaron was among those physically abused in the hospitalThe long-awaited final report into the abuse of vulnerable adults at Muckamore Abbey Hospital is due to be published on Thursday.Glynn Brown, who was instrumental in getting the police to investigate initial allegations of abuse which involved his son, said it had been a "long and torturous road" spanning several years.The public inquiry is expected to reveal and confirm the extent of the mistreatment of patients which included bruising, broken bones, verbal harassment and goading which was captured on CCTV.The extent of the abuse has led the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) to call this the biggest criminal adult safeguarding case of its kind in the UK.At first it was thought the CCTV cameras were switched off but after Brown pursued the matter it emerged the cameras were in fact turned on and captured hours of abuse. "I did it for my son," he said. "I would like to think when I am dead the system will be radically better. That's all I can hope for."Brown's son, Aaron, was among those whose physical abuse was captured on CCTV."It's been a decade of legal challenges left right and centre, we are finally going to get some sort of report, but sadly we didn't get the public inquiry we asked for," he said.Although the inquiry was public, some families said they were dissatisfied with it as it did not review all patient files. There were also times when they said families were sidelined, or felt ignored.What happened to our daughter in that hospital?Trust apologises over impact of abuse at Muckamore Abbey HospitalAnger and disappointment as hospital abuse report pushed back again The inquiry also faced a number of legal challenges from families over issu...