Phillip Machemedze (47) may have obtained work at a residential care home by deception, his former employers said.
Asylum seekers are generally not allowed to work while their claims are being decided, but they are allowed to apply for permission to work if they have waited for more than a year for an initial decision on their asylum claim.
Police are investigating if Machemedze had permission to work, but his former employers fear he may have used forged Home Office letters.
The Bristol-based Milestones Trust said it terminated Machemedze’s employment early this week after reading media reports of what a judge described as “savage acts of brutality” committed in the service of President Robert Mugabe’s brutal regime.
A spokesman for the Trust said: “We informed the police immediately. . . and took immediate action to prevent his return to work.
“We are concerned that he appeared to have valid documentation from the Home Office allowing him to reside and work in the UK.”
Machemedze — who admitted smashing the jaw of an MDC supporter and pulling out his teeth with pliers — worked as a support worker for the charity which supports people with dementia, learning disabilities and mental health needs. — New Zimbabwe
