A GWENT care home run by the family firm of a businessman cleared of arranging his wife’s murder while on honeymoon in South Africa is the subject of a damning watchdogs’ report.

The Gibraltar Care Village in Monmouth is run by PSP Healthcare – owned by the family of Bristol businessman Shrien Dewani.

He was cleared in a South African court earlier this week of arranging the murder of his wife Anni on their honeymoon in Cape Town four years ago.

Gibraltar Care Village, which provides specialist dementia care among other elderly services, has been inspected six times in two years by the Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales.

The published report, from an unannounced inspection carried out in September, said that on the day of the visit, three inspectors found that seven people had not been given a drink for three hours and one for five hours despite temperatures reaching 30 degrees on three floors of the building.

They also saw staff ignoring a distressed resident who was sitting in a chair that was not supporting their posture in any therapeutic way and calling out ‘help me, help me.’

Other findings include significant gaps in medication administration records, a high number of falls recorded between June and August 2014 and concern over staffing levels at the 95-bed home.

Food was described as a ‘pale brown liquid’ and some people were ‘distressed and despondent’, with one shouting and banging objects. The inspectors saw little evidence of staff reassuring and supporting residents.

Inspectors made six visits to the care village on Portal Road between October 2012 and September this year.

PSP Healthcare told the Argus that Shrien Dewani, who ran the company’s finances, had not had any involvement with the business for the past four years.

On its website, PSP Healthcare Ltd says: “At the heart of PSP Healthcare is a commitment to delivering the best, general, dementia/EMI and nursing care for older people, providing a ‘home from home’ with our team of dedicated qualified nurses and care staff.”

Gwent Police was contacted on September 15 over complaints about care practices at the care village.

A spokeswoman for Gwent Police said: “Officers are currently investigating the complaints and are working with Monmouthshire Social Services Department.

“As the investigation is on-going it would be inappropriate to comment further at this time.”

A spokesperson for CSSIW said: “CSSIW inspected Gibraltar Care Village in September 2014 and identified a number of serious issues of non compliance with regulations and the quality of life for people at the home.”

“The second inspection in November focused on these areas of non compliance, the report for this inspection is yet to be published.”

“We remain concerned about Gibraltar Care Village and are currently following our enforcement processes. We are working closely with the local authority and local health board to safeguard the care and safety of residents at the home which is remains our top priority.”

PSP Healthcare Ltd declined to comment about the report.

The Argus also contacted Monmouthshire council but had yet to receive a response at the time of going to print.