In US, a nurse has been arrested after he sexually assaulted a severely disabled 16-year-old girl in his care, police say.

Edmondo DiPaolo, 33, from Pemberton Township in New Jersey is suspected of breaking the teen’s – who cannot speak or move – leg as he moved her position in order to sexually assault her.

He had been caring for the severely disabled girl, who has a degenerative brain disorder, for seven months attending her home in Southampton.

But her family noticed a leg injury, which led to DiPaolo’s arrest.

Prosecutor’s say DiPaolo broke the girl’s femur bone as he adjusted her leg – in order to molest her.

The 16-year-old is fed through a tube and is wheelchair bound.

He has been charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assault, second-degree attempted aggravated assault, and second-degree endangering the welfare of a child.

It comes after another male nurse was dubbed a “sick sexual predator” after he allegedly sexually assaulted his patients and secretly recorded hundreds of them – including kids.

Michael Bragg was found to have videotaped 206 patients in vulnerable states without them knowing, according to the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office.

Bragg was initially arrested in April 2019 for having videos of child pornography and for recording minors, as well as for the alleged sexual abuse of two minors.