A 56-year-old New York City nursing home worker is facing criminal charges after she allegedly caused an 85-year-old woman to fall and failed to help the woman afterward.

The allegations were brought to court by the attorney general. The primary piece of evidence that makes the prosecution sure that the nurse is guilty, despite entry of a not guilty plea, is a video tape that was recovered from the security cameras at the nursing home.

In the footage, the woman is seen moving away a wheelchair from the elderly patient, who in turn falls and breaks her hip. The nurse walks away from the scene, returns, and, all the time, does nothing to help the fallen woman. After another nursing home worker walks past the scene, again not moving to help the woman, the nurse finally calls out for some assistance with helping the injured elderly woman.

According to the defense, the defendant was the one who called out for help eventually, which proves that she simply must not have been able to catch the falling woman in time before hitting the floor.

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