A recruitment company which obtained a job in a well being belief for a person who brutally assaulted his ex-partner marked Worldwide Day to Finish Violence Towards Girls on social media.
Ipswich-based Archer Resourcing retweeted a UN Girls put up on Twitter in November final 12 months interesting for an finish to “gender-based violence”.
Nevertheless, it has emerged the agency positioned a person accused of making an attempt to homicide his pregnant ex-partner in a job within the Belfast Belief with out finishing up a correct background verify first.
Francis Christopher Osemwegie appeared in court docket in Belfast in August 2020 the place he was accused of tried homicide and different expenses.
He subsequently registered with Archer Resourcing in January 2021 earlier than beginning a job in fostering providers within the Belfast Belief.
He labored there till Might earlier than shifting to kids with disabilities providers on June 30, 2021, the place he remained till he failed to show up for work as anticipated on November 29, 2021.
It was at this stage that the belief found he had been convicted — in relation to the vicious assault of two ladies, one his former associate, in August 2020 — of two counts of unlawfully and maliciously inflicting grievous bodily hurt.
Archer Resourcing retweeted the UN Girls put up on November 25, 2021 — 4 days earlier than Osemwegie was jailed for the horror assault.
In her police interview throughout their investigation into the assault, Osemwegie’s ex-partner mentioned: “Myself and my kids have been standing on the opposite facet of the street from the home, the youngsters have been simply taking part in.
“I used to be holding my youngest daughter. I heard [Osemwegie] converse, he referred to as my identify after which immediately he hit me to the pinnacle, I don’t even know what he hit me with.
“I should have been immediately knocked out, I don’t keep in mind anything till I wakened in hospital days later… the accidents I sustained have been important.
“I've had a burst blood vessel in my mind, my cranium was cracked within the center and behind my proper ear, I required emergency surgical procedure and needed to keep within the intensive care unit.”
She continued: “This incident modified me deeply, I get nervous going to the store alone, it takes me longer to recollect issues. I've to consider carefully once I converse to verify I'm saying the suitable factor…I don’t know that I'll ever totally recuperate from this terrible incident.”
His second sufferer, one other lady, informed police that she fled in terror after Osemwegie, unprovoked, battered her with a handrail, and that she has struggled psychologically because of the assault.
Archer Resourcing has declined to touch upon the controversy.
A spokesman for the agency mentioned: “Because of the sensitivity of this info, we might not be capable to remark additional.”
Nevertheless, questions are rising over the processes at present in place to guard probably the most susceptible members of society because of the alarming case.
Osemwegie registered with the Northern Eire Social Care Council (NISCC) as an grownup residential day employee on June 24, 2016. It's understood he was unemployed on the time of his court docket look so the matter couldn't be referred by police to his employer. Nevertheless, it's understood the NISCC, the regulatory physique established by the Division of Well being to assist top quality requirements of social care and which regulates workforce requirements, was not knowledgeable at this stage.
If a referral had been made, it's doubtless the NISCC would have imposed restrictions making it unattainable for him to get a job within the caring sector.
NISCC has failed to answer a number of requests for feedback on the matter.
The Belfast Belief has mentioned it was the duty of Archer Resourcing to make sure that all pre-employment checks had been carried previous to Osemwegie beginning his job. Nevertheless, it mentioned it has since taken steps to make sure all company social care employees have correct pre-employment checks carried out.
In the meantime, the PSNI has mentioned that, the place there's a public safety threat, police will move info to an employer or regulatory physique to permit them to behave swiftly to mitigate any hazard in keeping with the necessities of the Nationwide Police Chief’s Council.