Miss axed for letting kids watch Shrek porn in class

VIOLIN PIECE IS SEA SHARP

and paedophilic.” When approached about the issue, the deputy headteacher said Thompson was “was defiant and confrontational, saying that it was the school’s fault, the previous teacher’s fault, the kids’ fault”.

Headteacher Ruth McFarlane told the GTCS that the decision was taken to suspend Thompson following an investigation. The hearing took evidence from a number of pupils at the school.

The GTCS said: “The panel was satisfied that the video contained material of an inappropriate nature and that the teacher allowed this in her presence, on the basis of all of the evidence from the pupils both orally and in statement form. Thomson did not attend the hearing. The GTCS said: “The teacher had not fully admitted the allegations, or offered a clear expression of regret to the class.

“Because the teacher did not attend the hearing, the panel was unable to question her to ascertain more clearly the level of her insight in order to remediate the conduct and mitigate against the risk of it happening again.”

Thompson is not allowed to apply for re-registration for two years. A VIOLIN crafted from driftwood to raise awareness about the environment is to be played at an international marine conference.

Steve Burnett made the instrument from a poplar log he found on a beach in East BY LUCINDA CAMERON Lothian. Violinist and composer Daniel Safford, from Philadelphia, will play the violin, named Il Mare, at Scotland’s International Marine Conference in Glasgow tomorrow.