Sir cleared of sectarian allegations
Killer helped butcher dissident in consulate then dressed as him to pretend Khashoggi had left building alive
BY TARA FITZPATRICK A TEACHER has been cleared of leaking exam questions and using sectarian language.
Jim Beattie, who taught modern studies at Our Lady and St Patrick’s High School in Dumbarton, was probed by the General Teaching Council for Scotland.
He admitted to “inappropriate” behaviour in his classroom, including having a “Free Derry” Christmas card, as well as a postcard and mug with an image of IRA activist Bobby Sands.
The watchdog stated: “The panel found there was no current impairment of fitness to teach.”
Allegations he used prior knowledge of a modern studies exam to advise pupils, and that he used the word “hun” in his notes, were declared not proven. BY CHRIS HUGHES AFTER journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered in a consulate, one of the suspected killers left the building in the dead man’s clothes to make it appear he was still alive, it is alleged.
CCTV footage apparently shows Saudi operative Mustafa al-Madani, 57, in the 59-year-old’s shirt, jacket and trousers and wearing a false beard and glasses to look more like him.
Authorities in Turkey, where the murder was carried out, released the images and said they prove the killing and alleged cover-up were planned.
A Turkish official reportedly said: “His clothes were probably still warm when Madani put them on.”
Saudi Arabia’s original response to questions about what happened to Khashoggi after he entered the Saudi consulate was that he definitely left the premises alive.
The footage shows Madani – one of the alleged 15-strong hit squad – going into the front of the building in Istanbul on October 2 at 11.03am.
Khashoggi, who was a Saudi, is seen walking into the building at 1.14pm.
He had made an appointment with the consulate to pick up wedding documents at this time. It is believed he was killed and dismembered on the property.
At 2.52pm the footage seemingly shows Madani leaving the back of building while Khashoggi’s worried