A creepy carer has been struck off after slapping a colleague's bottom and asking her when she lost her virginity at a Scots home.
Bishnu Lamichhane was working at The Argyle Care Centre in Helensburgh, Argyle and Bute when he was involved in a string of inappropriate comments and actions to two fellow workers.
The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) launched an investigation into his behaviour when working for Clearvue Investments Limited at the home.
A hearing of the council found Lamichhane had put his arms over the woman's shoulders, who is simply known as ZZ, and said to her “why are you acting like you have never been touched by a man before?” and “don’t you like having it in the morning? 8.30am is the best time for having it” or words to that effect.
In July 2018, he slapped her bottom and then when confronted said “can I not do that because you are on your period?".
Around the same month her quizzed her on when she had lost her virginity, how many people she had slept with and whether it was more than ten and asked what she looked for in a man.
He met her in the street with a colleague at another date and, having missed public transport home, asked to stay at hers saying '“we only need one bed'.
Lamichhane also touched the bottoms of two other colleagues during his employment, known as YY and XX, saying to YY '“I don’t need to say sorry to you, as you don’t have a boyfriend anymore'.
The panel heard from a number of witnesses during the probe but Lamichhane did not attend the hearing or submit any evidence in his defence.
ZZ gave evidence on the bottom slapping incident, with the report reading: "You slapped her behind out of the blue whilst the service user was in the room.
"You and ZZ had been changing the service user’s mattress to an air flow mattress.
"She went to the window to roll down the blind and you slapped her on the behind. She turned round to you and said your name in a startled manner.
"She was really shocked. You then said to her “sorry, is it because you are on your period?”.
"ZZ replied that it was because she did not want you to do that to her. It made her feel very uncomfortable, embarrassed and it physically hurt.
"ZZ was asked how you reacted to her challenging your behaviour.
"She said that you laughed it off, you never apologised, made out that it was not a big deal and that she was overreacting. You would pass off anything as just being funny."
Striking him off, the panel said that at worst his behaviour could be that of a 'sexual predator.
A report read: "In relation to seriousness, the Presenter categorised the behaviour as “extremely serious” and was the sort of behaviour towards women which is not acceptable.
"It demonstrated a deep-seated attitudinal issue and shows you do not respect women. It seems you think you have a right to say what you want and touch women’s bodies without consent
"In relation to the risk of repetition, he submitted there was a very high risk of repetition.
"There was a clear pattern of behaviour with three separate colleagues over a period of 18 months.
"This was indicative of a problematic attitude towards women and demonstrated you do not understand or care what consent is.
"An attitudinal problem makes remediation much more difficulty to address.
"You have not shown any insight and have not provided your position on these matters.
"There is nothing to show your risk of repetition has decreased so it must be assumed that your risk of repetition remains high. "The pattern of behaviour shows you to be at best, disrespectful of women, at worst, a sexual predator.
"The Panel considers that a Removal Order is the most appropriate sanction. Your behaviour demonstrates a serious breach of trust and departure from relevant professional standards.
"A Removal Order is both necessary and justified in the public interest and to maintain the continuing trust and confidence in the social service profession and the SSSC as the regulator of the profession."
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