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Bradford: Murderer worked in schools despite ban

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Rashid Zaman , 44 , served 15 years in prison for killing a man who tried to stop him stealing a car.

He was released from prison in 2017 and began volunteering with charity St Giles in 2021 .

Charity says Zaman did not tell them he had been barred from working with children.

Charity said it "deeply regret[s] the oversight" and launched an investigation.

Charity said it reviewed the DBS checks of all of its employees working with children in Yorkshire .

Charity Commission said it was investigating after St Giles reported a serious incident.

Charity said no further issues were identified after the incident.

It has received almost 400,000 from the West Yorkshire Combined Authority since 2020 .

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