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TOI Correspondent from London: A caregiver of Indian root has been sentenced to 7 years and 9 months successful jailhouse successful Scotland for raping a workfellow and sexually assaulting 2 others whilst moving arsenic a attraction location manager.Naijil Paul (47) was charged with the offences successful 2018 but fled to Kochi, successful Kerala, the time earlier his proceedings was owed to statesman connected Dec 4, 2019, claiming his begetter was ill. The offences happened successful 2018 erstwhile helium was manager of Acorn Park Care Home successful Glasgow. The attraction location was aboriginal forced to adjacent pursuing a damning study by the attraction watchdog.Paul, a British nationalist primitively from Kerala, was arrested successful India successful February and extradited to Scotland aft six years evading justice.He pleaded blameworthy to rape and 2 charges of intersexual battle astatine Glasgow precocious tribunal successful Oct and was sentenced connected Monday.Paul volition beryllium connected the enactment offender database for beingness and is banned from going adjacent immoderate of the victims.The tribunal heard however a 26 year-old workfellow had returned from sick permission successful April 2018, saying being successful indebtedness had been a “significant factor” successful her coming back.A week later, Paul entered her bureau portion she was unsocial and told her that she was astatine hazard of losing her occupation owed to the magnitude of clip she had off.
He told her that her occupation would beryllium harmless if she performed a enactment act. Prosecutor Brian Bell added: "He said that if she refused, it would beryllium her responsibility that the kids would beryllium homeless." He past raped her and told her not to archer anyone arsenic "no 1 volition judge you”.He besides placed his hands connected the hips of a 19-year-old workfellow and tried to buss her, saying, “I cognize you privation this.” He aboriginal molested her.He besides asked a 21-year-old attraction adjunct if she was “serious” astir her fellow and said, “I cognize you privation it”, and tried to buss her and molested her.Sentencing Paul, Lord Renucci said helium had failed to instrumentality work for his crimes and, connected 1 occasion, had claimed helium was doing the pistillate a favour.
