Canberra: Goodwin Aged Care worker Asif Hossain sacked four years after sex attack
Asif Hossain says he was sacked from his aged care job only after his crimes were reported in the news
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A sex offender who worked for a Canberra aged care home has been sacked, and says he will struggle to find a new job.
Asif Hossain, 33, was last month spared from criminal convictions and handed a good behaviour bond after being found guilty of three counts of indecency.
Hossain has worked for Goodwin Aged Care Services for more than a decade, and the ACT Magistrates Court heard he was a “respected” employee.
He had contested spent more than four years vigorously and unsuccessfully contesting the charges, and Magistrate Margaret Hunter branded him remorseless.
His offending involved him barging in on a woman, forcefully hugging her from behind, sucking the back of her neck and rubbing his groin against her.
Ms Hunter described the sex attack as in the “low to medium range”.
Prosecutor Libby Sutton argued Hossain’s attack was “physically aggressive, sexually motivated” and involved him physically overpowering the woman, who was dressed in only her underwear.
She said the woman had a right to feel safe from Hossain’s sex attack, and said there strict industry standards were in place at aged care homes because vulnerable members of the community lived in them.
The woman remains so traumatised that she sleeps with a cricket bat under her bed.
The woman described Hossain as “a man who does not know that a ‘no’ is a ‘no’, it is not a ‘maybe’ and it is never, ever, a ‘yes’.”
She feared Hossain would go on to rape her.
Hossain’s legal team confirmed to The Canberra Star that their client has been sacked after details of his case were published in the media.
“Mr Hossain is now applying for new jobs, however the publication is impacting his prospects,” lawyer Satomi Hamon said.
Ms Hamon said news stories about Mr Hamon’s sex offending would “impact (his) life into the foreseeable future if it remains online”.
Mr Hossain’s Linkedin page says he has “a demonstrated history of working in the health services industry” and has skills including workplace safety and caring for the elderly.