A man recovering from a massive brain haemorrhage was left in urine soaked sheets and had his feeding tube cleared with a pen at a Sevenoaks rehab centre, a hearing was told.

The family of 45-year-old Grant Clarke of Vernon Close, West Kingsdown, became so concerned about his treatment at the West Kent Neuro Rehabilitation Unit in 2012 they set up secret cameras using an iPod charger.

Mr Clarke's mother, Maureen said: "When we visited he would be up to his armpits in urine.

"He’d write on his lightwriter ‘I’m dying here'.

"When we suggested the idea of filming through an iPod charger, to him, he said: ‘yes, yes, yes’."

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The footage, which was shown on BBC's Newsnight in 2013, also revealed a nurse cleaning his feeding and medicine tube with a pen.

When his family showed the film to police, a court order allowed Grant to be moved to another unit in Hildenborough.

They made 26 complaints to Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust, which manages the unit, 22 of which have been upheld.

As a result nurses, Marie Banwell, Sarah Coulter and Vannessa Kennard were charged with misconduct.

The Nurse and Midwifery medical tribunal hearing  into the trio's conduct began yesterday (April 13) in London.

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They are facing a number of allegations including failure to ensure that staff were using a different bowl to wash the patient's genitals and face and telling Mr Clarke to stop using his call buzzer.

Mr Clarke's wife, Binny, 43, said: "Fingers crossed we get the right outcome and that people are held accountable for their own actions, errors and lack of response to concerns raised."

The hearing continues and is expected to last two weeks.