Murderer worked in schools despite ban

A convicted murderer spent almost two years working with children after he was barred from doing so, the BBC has learned.

Rashid Zaman, 44, from Bradford, West Yorkshire, served 15 years in prison for killing a man who tried to stop him and two others stealing a car in Halifax in 2001.

After his release, he began volunteering with the national charity, St Giles Trust, in 2021, and later became a paid employee who visited schools and young people’s homes.

The charity said Zaman, who has not responded to the BBC’s attempts to contact him, did not tell them he had been barred from working with children and that he was dismissed as soon as senior management found out.

The BBC has seen both of the Disclosure and Barring Service…