By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 11:15 EST, 9 March 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 16:12 EST, 9 March 2012 . Two care assistants were caught on camera beating and abusing frail dementia patients. Sonia Limbu, 26, and Pargarsh Kaur Sahota, 57, were secretly filmed by a colleague hitting, pushing and shouting at elderly residents. But yesterday they escaped jail after a judge denounced them as cruel – but decided that locking them up was not in the public interest. Scroll down for video . In this image taken from the footage from Dormers Wells Lodge Care home in Southall, Limbu roughly undresses a male resident with dementia. She then whipped him with a T-shirt . The footage reveals Sahota hitting and shouting at a woman and Limbu whipping a man with a t-shirt. Police described the abuse as . despicable and commended whistleblower Slawomira Kowalkowska for . bringing it to their attention. She handed police about 60 video clips . she had made of the pair using a pen camera. The home where they worked, Dormers . Wells Lodge in Southall, West London, has already been criticised for . the standards of care it provided. A random inspection report on . September, 24, 2010, by health watchdog the Care Quality Commission said . the 45-bed home in Telford Road was not meeting essential standards. Some residents were locked in their . bedrooms at night, which the report said did not 'respect their human . rights' or 'protect them from abuse'. The report found staff did not always . help residents with meals in a respectful manner and said there were . shortfalls in 'the promotion of privacy and dignity'. Sahota and Limbu were arrested in November 2010 after a police inquiry at the home, which was registered in 1965.described the . women as scapegoats and called for the home to be shut down or . overhauled. Abuse: Pargash Sahota (pictured right), 57, and Sonika Limbu, 26, were convicted but spared jail. In this image, Sahota hits a resident . These grabs from a secretly filmed video show some of the abuse that went on at Dormers Wells Lodge Care home in Southall, west London . Isleworth Crown Court heard they . mistreated their victims – Ranbir Man, Frederick Bell, Arthur Layne, . Matthew O'Leary, Elizabeth Flynn and Daniel O'Neal – between May and . September 2010. Judge Robin Johnson told the pair: . 'The fact that those in the care home are old and suffering from . dementia does not mean they are not entitled to be treated with dignity. Family members entrust care homes and those who work in them to look . after vulnerable people, and you failed them miserably. 'Having said that, the home you found yourself in was undeniably very poorly run and the training you received was lamentable. 'I have no doubt you were chosen to . work with very little review and because you were both prepared to carry . out difficult work for low wages. 'The manager was wholly unfit to manage the care home and has been suspended. 'That does not excuse you for what you did, which was unkind and cruel. Footage revealed Sahota (left) hitting and shouting at a female patient and Limbu (right) whipping a male resident with a T-shirt. The pair were pictured here leaving court . Ready to strike: Dormers Wells Lodge, where the pair worked, is a privately owned 45 bed care home for the elderly. Here Sahota draws back to hit a patient . After drawing her arm back, this image shows Sahota striking a patient . 'But I conclude there is no public interest in sending you to prison and the best sentence is a community order.' Limbu, of Southall, was convicted of . three counts of ill-treatment under the Mental Capacity Act 2005, and . must complete 150 hours of community service. Sahota, of Southall, . denied five counts of the same charge and was convicted of four, and . must complete 200 hours of community service. Detective Chief Inspector Stuart Ryan, . of the Metropolitan Police, who was in charge of the inquiry, said: . 'The actions of these women was despicable. I would like to commend the . actions of Miss Kowalkowska for bringing this appalling abuse to our . attention.' After the case, Mr O'Neal's family . said they were disappointed the pair were not jailed. They . Shocking: Here carer Limbu pushes a male resident down to prevent him getting up . Limbu's bullying and abuse was filmed in September 2010 by Slawomira Kowalkowska using a secret pen cam . The whistleblower captured around 60 incidents on film and handed them to police, which sparked the probe .
Pair repeatedly beat and abused elderly care home patients .
They were only caught when a whistleblower filmed them .
Slawomira Kowalkowska handed police 60 video clips of the abuse .
They included footage of a resident being whipped with a T-shirt .
By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 11:15 EST, 9 March 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 16:12 EST, 9 March 2012 . Two care assistants were caught on camera beating and abusing frail dementia patients. Sonia Limbu, 26, and Pargarsh Kaur Sahota, 57, were secretly filmed by a colleague hitting, pushing and shouting at elderly residents. But yesterday they escaped jail after a judge denounced them as cruel – but decided that locking them up was not in the public interest. Scroll down for video . In this image taken from the footage from Dormers Wells Lodge Care home in Southall, Limbu roughly undresses a male resident with dementia. She then whipped him with a T-shirt . The footage reveals Sahota hitting and shouting at a woman and Limbu whipping a man with a t-shirt. Police described the abuse as . despicable and commended whistleblower Slawomira Kowalkowska for . bringing it to their attention. She handed police about 60 video clips . she had made of the pair using a pen camera. The home where they worked, Dormers . Wells Lodge in Southall, West London, has already been criticised for . the standards of care it provided. A random inspection report on . September, 24, 2010, by health watchdog the Care Quality Commission said . the 45-bed home in Telford Road was not meeting essential standards. Some residents were locked in their . bedrooms at night, which the report said did not 'respect their human . rights' or 'protect them from abuse'. The report found staff did not always . help residents with meals in a respectful manner and said there were . shortfalls in 'the promotion of privacy and dignity'. Sahota and Limbu were arrested in November 2010 after a police inquiry at the home, which was registered in 1965.described the . women as scapegoats and called for the home to be shut down or . overhauled. Abuse: Pargash Sahota (pictured right), 57, and Sonika Limbu, 26, were convicted but spared jail. In this image, Sahota hits a resident . These grabs from a secretly filmed video show some of the abuse that went on at Dormers Wells Lodge Care home in Southall, west London . Isleworth Crown Court heard they . mistreated their victims – Ranbir Man, Frederick Bell, Arthur Layne, . Matthew O'Leary, Elizabeth Flynn and Daniel O'Neal – between May and . September 2010. Judge Robin Johnson told the pair: . 'The fact that those in the care home are old and suffering from . dementia does not mean they are not entitled to be treated with dignity. Family members entrust care homes and those who work in them to look . after vulnerable people, and you failed them miserably. 'Having said that, the home you found yourself in was undeniably very poorly run and the training you received was lamentable. 'I have no doubt you were chosen to . work with very little review and because you were both prepared to carry . out difficult work for low wages. 'The manager was wholly unfit to manage the care home and has been suspended. 'That does not excuse you for what you did, which was unkind and cruel. Footage revealed Sahota (left) hitting and shouting at a female patient and Limbu (right) whipping a male resident with a T-shirt. The pair were pictured here leaving court . Ready to strike: Dormers Wells Lodge, where the pair worked, is a privately owned 45 bed care home for the elderly. Here Sahota draws back to hit a patient . After drawing her arm back, this image shows Sahota striking a patient . 'But I conclude there is no public interest in sending you to prison and the best sentence is a community order.' Limbu, of Southall, was convicted of . three counts of ill-treatment under the Mental Capacity Act 2005, and . must complete 150 hours of community service. Sahota, of Southall, . denied five counts of the same charge and was convicted of four, and . must complete 200 hours of community service. Detective Chief Inspector Stuart Ryan, . of the Metropolitan Police, who was in charge of the inquiry, said: . 'The actions of these women was despicable. I would like to commend the . actions of Miss Kowalkowska for bringing this appalling abuse to our . attention.' After the case, Mr O'Neal's family . said they were disappointed the pair were not jailed. They . Shocking: Here carer Limbu pushes a male resident down to prevent him getting up . Limbu's bullying and abuse was filmed in September 2010 by Slawomira Kowalkowska using a secret pen cam . The whistleblower captured around 60 incidents on film and handed them to police, which sparked the probe .
with dementia. She then whipped him with a T-shirt . The footage reveals Sahota hitting and She handed police about 60 video clips . she had video show some of the abuse that went on at bed care home for the elderly. Here Sahota draws filmed in September 2010 by Slawomira Kowalkowska