A care home worker who dragged a resident naked down a hallway leaving him with a raw, bloody carpet burn, told a court he would do the same again.
Leslie Poole then locked David Cole, 41, who is autistic and has learning difficulties, in his bedroom by jamming a brush under the handle.
Poole 61, who was suspended from his job with the Richmond Fellowship told Inverness Sheriff Court: “Maybe if I had proper training I would have done it in a different manner.
“I will not work in the care sector again. I have had enough.”
Poole told Sheriff Margaret Neilson that Mr Cole, who was sitting naked on the kitchen floor wearing only a towel, had a history of violence.
He had previously broken the nose of one employee, had slapped Poole in the face, damaged his car, fought with other residents in the care unit at Golf View Road, Inverness and threw knives in a restaurant.
Poole added: “I knew his trigger points, his flashpoints, having worked there for three years and I had experience of him. I was the most experienced on duty that day and there were two other residents and two members of staff in the unit who had only started months before.
“I knew when he starts to swear, he is about to kick off. He wouldn’t get up off the floor so I grabbed him by the foot and dragged him along the floor to his room and locked him in to cool off.
“It was the best thing for everybody involved. I regret it now with hindsight, given the repercussions, but faced with the same situation again, I would do it again.”
Poole, of 57 Ferrybrae, North Kessock gave up his job during his suspension after he was reported by colleagues.
He freely admitted what he had done when police interviewed him.
He said: “At the time I felt it was the best thing for everyone involved. It was not my intention to hurt him. It was to give him time to cool down.
“I felt terrible about it. It was something which happened on the spur of the moment. I was just trying to diffuse the situation.”
Poole denies assaulting Mr Cole on August 15, 2012 and abducting the resident and detaining him in his bedroom against his will.
Poole lodged a special defence of necessity and another claiming he acted in self-defence or in the defence of others in the home.
The trial was adjourned until July 9.
