The Whangārei District Court was told Erutoe was receiving a government payment to look after the two adults.
This story discusses graphic details of abuse
For years, a victim's whānau had to hand over petrol and supermarket vouchers just to snatch a few minutes with their loved one - a woman who had steadily been cut off from the world by her caregiver.
It wasn't until a young boy bravely revealed what he had seen inside the caregivers' home that the truth surfaced: two vulnerable adults being beaten, threatened and left in bed with wounds so severe, they were close to fatal.
After four years before the courts, Susan Erutoe, also known as Te Whata, and her husband Charles Te Whata have been sentenced on charges related to the neglect of vulnerable adults.
