A SECOND care manager has appeared in court accused of ill-treating or neglecting a disabled man who scalded himself in the bath.

Mr Collingwood, aged 33, faced Plymouth magistrates after the man was badly injured by hot water at an address in Wotter.

Collingwood, did not indicate his plea to two charges of ill-treating or neglecting someone in his care lacking mental capacity in October 2008.

Gareth Warden, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said Collingwood had been a manager for Apex Care Solutions, which took on the care of a man with severe learning difficulties.

He added: "He was put into a bath which was extremely hot and severe injuries were caused."

Mr Warden said that the disabled man needed several operations and skin grafts.

Magistrates ruled that the case was so serious that it should be heard at crown court.

Collingwood was released on bail to appear before magistrates again on March 18.

He is due to appear alongside another Apex manager, Martin McGrory.

McGrory, aged 42, of Daventry in Northamptonshire, is jointly charged with Collingwood on one of the counts.

He also indicated 'no plea' and is set to face a judge at crown court.

Tim Waine, for Collingwood, said that he did not attend the first hearing alongside McGrory last week because a court summons was sent to an old address.

He added that Collingwood handed himself into police when he read about the court hearing in The Herald.