A Glasgow carer has been struck off after multiple violent assaults reportedly left a woman permanently disfigured.
Craig Charnley was convicted at Glasgow Sheriff Court in May following a string of vicious attacks spanning 21 years, according to the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).
The care watchdog has banned the support worker from its register after publishing a report detailing gruesome assaults that allegedly happened between 1998 and 2019.
This includes accusing Charnley of beating one victim to the point of unconsciousness on various occasions between January 1998 and December 2005, and leaving her with injuries that reportedly caused permanent disfigurement.
The ex-carer was also convicted of racially motivated assaults which involved uttering threats before throwing a knife at one victim, according to the report.
It went on to state how Charnley then targeted another man by allegedly slapping his face then pressing a stick against his neck, restricting his breathing, seizing him by the body, pushing him against a table and wall before pulling him to the ground by his clothing.
Both these incidents allegedly happened between January 2013 and August 2019.
Other attacks in the report reportedly involved Charnley beating and spitting on a woman.
Charnley refused to show any insight, regret or apology for his actions, the watchdog stated.
The SSSC report concluded: “The public has a right to expect that social service workers will uphold the law and not engage in offending behaviour outside of work which would call into question their suitability to work in social services.
"You have been convicted of serious and violent offences, aggravated by racial motivation and [information redacted].
“You have also been convicted of a violent offence against [information redacted].
“Your convictions portray worrying attitudinal and character concerns.
“Any similar behaviour involving a violent loss of self-control could place users of services and the wider public at significant risk of physical and emotional harm.
“Social service workers must also be reliable and dependable and inform their professional regulator of any criminal charges levelled against them.
“You failed to disclose that you had been charged with offences to your regulator, the SSSC.
“Such behaviour, if repeated, could place users of services at an increased risk of harm, as employers and/or the SSSC would not be aware of such charges and therefore would not be able to conduct a risk assessment to assess whether it would be appropriate for you to continue to work with vulnerable people.”
It added: “The complainers were seriously physically injured and put at high risk of emotional harm.
“You have not shown any insight, regret or apology.”
Charnley had no previous findings of misconduct against him.
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