Omoruyi was convicted and sentenced to six years in prison in his absence for four offences bordering on modern slavery and human trafficking in June 2022.
A 36-year-old Nigerian identified as Peter Omoruyi, convicted of sex trafficking in France was allegedly employed by a British charity for vulnerable teenage girls five months after his conviction.
Omoruyi was convicted and sentenced to six years in prison in his absence for four offences bordering on modern slavery and human trafficking in June 2022.
He had not served the jail term when he secured a job with the British charity for vulnerable teenage girls.
Mail Online reports that Omoruyi was able to secure the job with the British charity for vulnerable teenage girls 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 got a job as a support worker at the charity, which is said to house vulnerable teenagers, including girls five months after the conviction.
It was reported that the loophole means that the charity located in Stroud, Gloucestershire, is not yet subject to Ofsted's stringent conditions including 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.
It was gathered that Omoruyi got the job through an agency and did not reveal the conviction at any point during his employment though he 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.
Omoruyi was reportedly arrested on a European arrest warrant in January while trying to fly to Nigeria and has since left the charity, which was reportedly unaware of the conviction or extradition until it was contacted by the Sunday Express last week.
Westminster Magistrates' Court heard at a hearing in February that Omoruyi was aware of the conviction, as a lawyer represented him at trial.
The court heard the conviction regarding “aiding prostitution from 2019 to 2020 and human trafficking by driving prostitutes around in Lyon”.
The prostitution earned Omoruyi at least €190,000 yet he had not declared any income in France, the court was also told.
It was also discovered that Omoruyi is a father of two in France and fathered two children in Nigeria, who are now in the UK and owns a flat in Stroud.
It was also reported that he also has indefinite leave to remain in the UK, while his bail was refused after the CPS argued there were 'serious concerns about further offences'.
He made a further bail application last month and was released on conditional bail after paying a surety of £10,000, claiming his family helped him pay the fee.
But when confronted by the Sunday Express, Omoruyi said he was innocent and had a lawyer appealing the conviction, adding that he was not convicted when he applied to work at Streetz Ahead.
He further said that he was fighting extradition. He said he has a brain tumour and desires to be with his children in the UK.