Staff at a hotel for asylum seekers obstructed a police investigation into a report that a man masturbated in front of a seven-year-old child, the BBC has been told.
The BBC has been told that on 30 June 2023 a seven-year-old girl and her mother were reported to have witnessed a 34-year-old man intentionally masturbating in their presence. The BBC has been told that staff refused to provide their own names and told officers they had no rights to enter the hotel without a warrant.
The Metropolitan Police says a man has been charged with outraging public decency and engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child. In 2022, in an unrelated incident, a teenage boy was reported to have been raped by a man in his 30s at a different hotel for asylum seekers in east London run by the same company, Clearsprings Ready Homes.
"All children, whether they are with their parents or not, should be living in places where they are safe, protected from harm, and are able to thrive", a spokesperson for the commissioner said.The Home Office declined to say what vetting and compliance checks are made of safeguarding arrangements at hotels. It said it would be inappropriate to comment on an ongoing police investigation.
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