A MAN with a string of convictions including harassment and impersonating a policeman lied about his past to get a job working in a care home for vulnerable people.

Lee Frayling’s past was only uncovered when staff carried out a standard police check.

By the time the check came back, he had worked at the home for vulnerable adults aged 17 to 70, for two months.

Frayling signed a form stating he had no previous convictions when he was offered the job at Pirton Grange specialist care centre, near Pershore.

Sallie Hewett, prosecuting, said in his job interview Frayling had told the manager of the home he was a full-time carer for his mother.

He got the job and started work in May, when the CRB form was completed and sent off to be checked. Two months later, the care home was contacted by its head office and told that Frayling had convictions and cautions.

When Frayling refused to attend an interview with managers, he was sacked and the police notified.

“Later a meeting eventually did take place and he became very distressed and he was crying,” she said.

Worcester magistrates were told Frayling, aged 30, of Munderfield, Bromyard, had received a conditional discharge in 2001 for impersonating a police officer, and caution for harassment in 2005 and misuse of the communication network in 2007.

In mitigation, Anthony Weston said Frayling was a very “troubled personality”.

Frayling, who admitted fraud by false representation, was given a conditional discharge for 18 months, and ordered to pay costs of £250.