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SUITS YOU, SIR!

Hearing told of Sir’s simulated sex act with cardboard cut-out of Pontiff

- By GRACE HOOPER news@sundayspor­t.co.uk

A SEXY ad campaign for a company that makes suits has been accused of encouragin­g ORGIES.

Suit Supply launched their new campaign featuring several images depicting nearly-nude trysts – with men and women’s hands groping and their tongues intertwini­ng.

Each show just one man dressed in a suit making out sloppily with a woman, while other half-naked men and women kiss and touch each other around him.

On Twitter, one woman said: “If this Suit Supply ad my husband just received is any indication, things are about to get wild.”

Stoked

“I knew it! Orgies are going to be the next big thing,” joked another, while a third quipped: “I guess she was super stoked to see a dude not in sweatpants?”

Another commenter remarked: “Is this how straight people make out???”

And one confused commenter asked: “That’s an ad for suits?”

Several were especially horrified by the touchy-feeliness of the ad, given that the world is still in the midst of a deadly pandemic.

“This ad gave me covid,” wrote one.

A SHOCKED deputy head discovered a video of his school’s R.E. teacher simulating sex with a cardboard cut-out of the Pope – and pupils waving around fake penises.

Andrew Jones, 36, was filmed in a classroom as he grabbed the lifesize cut-out of the Pope for a viral “Harlem Shake” video.

And a disciplina­ry hearing was told how rumours of the video went like wildfire around the school.

Deputy Head Shane Mock said: “I was shown the video by another member of staff as there was a lot of talk about it around the school.

“The video contained imagery of sexual action by him and his pupils. It was a shocking video.”

Mr Mock told how pupils in the video also waved fake penises usually used in sexual education classes.

He added: “Jones received a warning and was suspended for his conduct.”

The hearing was told the clip uploaded to YouTube also showed learners in his class “simulating sexual actions” at his comprehens­ive school.

Bitch

Mr Mock, said: “Jones was responsibl­e for leading the curriculum for years 7-13 and managing other teachers in the department. He was a hard-working member of staff. He had also been nominated for the Welsh Teacher of the Year awards in 2012.”

The hearing was told Jones had a Facebook profile used for work called “Jonesy’s Religious Studies” – but used his private account to message pupils.

In the messages he allegedly invited one pupil to his house for lunch and referred to the school’s previous headteache­r as a “bitch”.

Mr Mock said: “He would have known that Facebook should not be used for private messaging.

“All teachers were trained and advised not to accept friend requests from pupils and past pupils.

“Pupil A came to me to discuss the fact that Jones had been sending messages on Facebook

Messenger. This came from his personal Facebook account.

“Pupil A mentioned that he felt pressured by Jones. His friends were all telling him not to respond but he said he felt guilty about not responding.

“Pupil A’s father was not concerned about the content of the messages, but the sheer volume of messages was concerning.”

Mr Mock said that the messages to the lad were “inappropri­ate” and “overfamili­ar”.

The hearing was told the police investigat­ed the incident but found it didn’t cross the prosecutio­n threshold.

Ashanti-Jade Walton, presenting the case, earlier said: “A video was posted on YouTube of Jones and his class doing the Harlem Shake.

Concerns

“The video raised concerns as it contained sexualised action by learners. Jones was seen in the video with a cardboard cut-out of the Pope.”

The hearing was told Jones was employed by Caldicot Comprehens­ive School in Caldicot, Gwent, as the head of religious education and started in December 2007.

Miss Walton said: “Over the course of his employment, a number of concerns came to light. There was clearly a breach of profession­al boundaries.”

Jones, who was not present at the remote hearing, has denied unacceptab­le profession­al conduct and the Education Workforce Council hearing in Cardiff continues.

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HEARING: Andrew Jones has denied all charges of misconduct against him

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