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A Nigerian sex trafficker was allegedly employed by a British charity for vulnerable teenage girls just five months after being convicted in France.
Peter Omoruyi, 36, was able to secure the position at Streetz Ahead Creative Housing due to a 'loophole' that means 'unregulated care homes' providing housing for older teenagers are not yet registered with Ofsted.
Omoruyi had been convicted in his absence of four offences of modern slavery and human trafficking in June 2022. He was sentenced to six years in prison which he has not yet served.
He got a job as a support worker at the charity - which houses vulnerable teenagers, including girls - just five months after the conviction, the Sunday Express reported.
The loophole means the charity, in Stroud, Gloucestershire, is not yet subject to Ofsted's stringent conditions, such as overseas conviction checks on staff.
The charity, which is yet to be registered with Ofsted, gives supported accommodation for girls and boys aged 16 to 18 until they find permanent homes.
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Westminster Magistrates' Court (pictured) heard at a hearing in February that Omoruyi was aware of the conviction, as a lawyer represented him at trial
The sex trafficker got the job through an agency and did not reveal the conviction at any point during his employment, it was reported.
Omoruyi was fully checked for criminal convictions in the UK by the charity. However, the loophole means staff at such housing providers do not yet have to undergo checks for overseas convictions.
The former support worker was arrested on a European arrest Warrant in January while trying to fly to Nigeria.
