Care worker jailed for sex offences

A care worker who had sex without the consent of a vulnerable young disabled woman in a care home in Maidstone has today been jailed. 

Police were called after a condom wrapper was found in the woman’s room on the morning of 8 May 2024.

Issoop Naguib Lootfun, 69, one of the care workers at the home, originally claimed it had fallen out of his pocket and denied any sexual activity with the woman. He was immediately suspended from the care home.

Searches of the rubbish bins at the care home revealed two used condoms with DNA matching both Lootfun and the victim. Semen stains were also found in her room that matched his DNA profile.

He was sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court on 9 October 2024 to 11 years imprisonment with an additional four years on extended licence. 

Daniel Harrison from the Crown Prosecution Service South East said: “This was an utterly sickening and horrendous case involving someone that the victim trusted, who abused that trust in the most appalling way.

“The victim was unable to consent to sexual activity in any way because of her disabilities. Lootfun was fully aware of this, having worked at the home for some time and looked after her.

“Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of this case is the significant planning that went into it and the way that Lootfun attempted to cover up his crime, carefully disposing of the used condom within plastic gloves in the waste.

“Confronted by the weight of evidence in this case, Lootfun was left with no option but to plead guilty to the charges against him.”