🤬 THIS IS LOUISE HARRIS THE CRUEL CARER WHO SCREAMED ‘I HOPE YOU DIE’ AT AN 81-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WITH DEMENTIA — THEN GOT JUST THREE MONTHS IN PRISON! THIS IS THE WOMAN WHO WAS TRUSTED TO LOOK AFTER A VULNERABLE PENSIONER. INSTEAD, SHE GOT DRUNK, SCREAMED ABUSE AT HER AND LEFT HER THINKING SHE WAS GOING TO DIE IN HER OWN BED. LOUISE HARRIS, 42, WAS SUPPOSED TO BE CARING FOR 81-YEAR-OLD ELIZABETH ANNE SHIPTON AT HER HOME IN PONTARDAWE, SOUTH WALES. ELIZABETH HAD DEMENTIA. SHE WAS GRIEVING THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND. SHE HAD RECENTLY SPENT SEVEN WEEKS IN HOSPITAL BATTLING SEPSIS. SHE NEEDED COMPASSION. SHE NEEDED PROTECTION. SHE NEEDED SOMEBODY SHE COULD TRUST. INSTEAD, SHE GOT LOUISE HARRIS. WITHIN HOURS OF BEING LEFT ALONE WITH THE PENSIONER, HARRIS HAD DRUNK VODKA FROM THE FRIDGE AND LAUNCHED INTO A VILE, DRUNKEN TIRADE. SHE SCREAMED AT THE DEFENCELESS WOMAN, TELLING HER: "I HOPE YOU DIE IN YOUR SLEEP." BUT THE CRUELTY DIDN'T STOP THERE. HARRIS RIPPED UP ELIZABETH'S KNITTING — SOMETHING HER DAUGHTER SAID WAS HELPING HER COPE WITH THE HEARTBREAK OF LOSING HER HUSBAND. SHE ALSO WAVED A LARGE KITCHEN KNIFE AROUND WHILE TRASHING THE PROPERTY. ALL WHILE AN 81-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WITH DEMENTIA LAY HELPLESS IN HER BED, BELIEVING SHE WAS GOING TO DIE. AND HERE'S THE PART THAT MAKES THIS CASE EVEN MORE SICKENING. THE ENTIRE ORDEAL WAS CAPTURED ON A HOME SECURITY CAMERA. ELIZABETH'S DAUGHTER, TRACY, WATCHED IN HORROR AS THE WOMAN SHE HAD TRUSTED TO PROTECT HER MOTHER SUBJECTED HER TO TERRIFYING ABUSE. POLICE HAD TO FORCE THEIR WAY INTO THE PROPERTY. HARRIS WAS FOUND SLUMPED ON THE FLOOR. AT SWANSEA CROWN COURT, THE 42-YEAR-OLD ADMITTED ILL-TREATING A PERSON IN HER CARE AND CRIMINAL DAMAGE. THE JUDGE DESCRIBED HER CONDUCT AS "HEARTLESS AND CRUEL" AND CONDEMNED HER CALLOUS DISREGARD FOR THE VICTIM'S WELFARE. AND WHAT DID SHE GET? THREE MONTHS IN PRISON. YES, THREE MONTHS. WITH JUST 40% OF THAT SENTENCE TO BE SERVED IN CUSTODY, HARRIS COULD SPEND LITTLE MORE THAN A MONTH BEHIND BARS. MEANWHILE, HER ELDERLY VICTIM HAS BEEN LEFT LIVING IN FEAR. HER DAUGHTER SAYS ELIZABETH SUFFERS TERRIFYING FLASHBACKS, FEARS HER ABUSER WILL RETURN AND HAS BEEN PRESCRIBED SEDATIVES. SHE IS EVEN TOO FRIGHTENED TO USE HER EMERGENCY ALARM — THE VERY DEVICE DESIGNED TO KEEP HER SAFE. HER FAMILY HAVE CHALLENGED THE SENTENCE, ARGUING IT WAS UNDULY LENIENT. THINK ABOUT THAT. AN 81-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WITH DEMENTIA, ALREADY GRIEVING HER HUSBAND, WAS TERRORISED INSIDE THE ONE PLACE SHE SHOULD HAVE FELT SAFE. THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE WAS A CARER. SOMEONE WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO PROTECT HER. AND THE PUNISHMENT WAS JUST THREE MONTHS. ELIZABETH MAY CARRY THE TRAUMA FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE. LOUISE HARRIS RECEIVED A SENTENCE MEASURED IN WEEKS BEHIND BARS. IF THAT DOESN'T RAISE SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM PROTECTS THE ELDERLY AND VULNERABLE, WHAT WILL?