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To think that teachers convicted of downloading child pornography should not be allowed to teach?

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annodomini Thu 06-Jun-13 09:07:26

From what I heard on the news this morning, the ones he had opened were at 1 on a scale of severity from 1 to 10. Others were 3 but he hadn't opened them. However, I wonder why he downloaded them if the intention to get a kick out of them wasn't there.
It will be up to an individual school to decide whether or not to employ him. If such a person had applied for a job when I was a school governor he wouldn't have reached the interview stage. Although he is no longer on the sex offenders' register, he will still have a police record.

mollie Thu 06-Jun-13 08:59:47

On the face of it I'd say you aren't being unreasonable but I don't know this case ... were the photos mild and a few and does he/she teach enormous, hairy teenagers who can look after themselves? What were the circumstances? Apologies to those who already know...

bluebell Thu 06-Jun-13 08:44:20

I am somewhat surprised at this case ( to say the least). What with this and the failure to incarcerate Ovenden, is there a libeterian backlash occurring? Maybe Hall's barrister is on to something!