‘Chuckle Brother’ teacher is struck off for dragging pupil across playground
“Pupil A attempted to get back on his feet but he fell. An injury was sustained by Pupil A.”
A year later, in September 2017, Burrett was handed a restraining order after turning up at his ex-girlfriend’s home and repeatedly texting her.
Mr Llewelyn said: “He was in a relationship for five years and the details of the case indicate he was texting her for months. He was attending her home address.”
Mr Llewelyn said Burrett’s actions showed a conflict with the teachers’ code of conduct.
He added: “It is clear that Pupil A was physically injured. It was seen by pupils and staff.”
Burrett, of St Mellons, Cardiff, was handed a prohibition order at the hearing in Cardiff, banning him from teaching.
He was not present or represented at the hearing.
In 2007 Burrett was cleared by a court of attacking a schoolboy who joked about him looking like Chuckle Brother Barry.
The teacher denied hitting the boy, 13, after he sang the theme tune to children’s TV favourite ChuckleVision in the classroom.
He told Cardiff Crown Court: “I did have a large moustache at the time. I expect to somebody of limited intelligence I would look like Barry from ChuckleVision.”
Pupils at the school in Cwmbran, South Wales, were singing the tune when they came into a technology lesson.
He asked them to be quiet but one boy continued singing and rocking on his chair. The teacher claimed he had asked the boy to stop and gave him a “friendly” pat on the back but denied the boy’s claims that he “whacked” him four times.
After being cleared Burrett said it was too easy for children to ruin a teacher by making false allegations.
“There seems to be absolutely no consequences for dishonesty and the waste of public money and abuse of process they are causing,” he said.