- Good morning and welcome to the liveblog of the sentencing of four former members of staff at a specialist care centre.
- Graeme Hetherington will be bringing live updates from Teesside Crown Court as they are sentenced.
- John Sanderson, Peter Bennett, Matthew Banner and Ryan Fuller, were all found guilty in ill-treating patients following a long-running trial.
- Their behaviour was filmed by an undercover reporter working for the BBC's Panorama programme.
- Five of their co-accused – Sarah Banner, Karen McGhee, Darren Lawton, Niall Mellor and Sabah Mahmood – were all cleared of all charges.
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