Kentish Gazette Canterbury & District
Online abuse victim punished twice
First Anna Rowe found herself the unsuspecting victim of an online sexual predator operating under a fake profile on Tinder.
Now, after taking the courageous step of going public in a solo campaign to change online dating laws she has once again unwittingly become a victim, this time of unfair dismissal by being stacked as a teaching assistant at Faversham’s Ethelbert Road Primary School. On what grounds precisely can the school justify this?
Ironically, this occurred in the same week that education secretary Justine Greening confirmed that in 2019 it will be made compulsory for primary school children as young as four to be taught about healthy relationships.
Anna Rowe has learnt the hard way what it is like to be conned by a devious trickster into entering into what she believed to be a genuine relationship .
Can there possibly be a woman more suitably qualified than Anna Rowe to sensitively dispense advice to small children about the importance of establishing honesty and trust within relationships throughout childhood and into adult life? Clive Wilkins-oppler Garlinge Green, Petham, Canterbury
I was sorry to see that Anna Rowe lost her job for being honest to bring change on internet dating law (Gazette, March 2).
She was misled and used and that goes happens on the internet and in normal life. This may seem old fashioned but keeping sex within marriage might help sort out those who are genuine from those who are not genuine. Gloria E Coleman Address supplied