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Group say Jim should be able to teach
A Glasgow-based organisation specialising in miscarriages of justice have said it is time to allow a Rutherglen man to rebuild his life.
Jim Boyle, 60, was wrongly caged in 2005 after being falsely accused of raping two young girls numerous times in the 1970s.
He was originally caged in 2005 but his conviction was quashed in 2009 before he was cleared at a re-trial in 2010.
But despite being innocent, Jim has been unable to return to his old life and he is locked in a fight with the General Teaching Council, who refuse to let him pick up his career.
The Miscarriage of Justice Organisation (Mojo), say it is now time to let Jim get on with his life.
Paul McLaughlin from Mojo, said: “He’s cleared his named in the eyes of criminal law but he hasn’t cleared his name in the eyes of civil law.
“These are nonexistent crimes that he never committed that were meant to have taken place in his childhood.
“The General Teaching Council Scotland ( GTCS) barred him from teaching and placed him on the sex offenders register.
“From our view of things the GTCS did not fully investigate the case and they were simply swayed by the emotion of the person making the allegation.
“The GTCS panel is a quango. Nobody has any power over it.”
Jim told his horror story in the Reformer back in March.
But he is still fighting to resume his career six months on.
He said: “I would like an end to this and all the records that have been created which suggest that I’m a rapist and a paedophile and a pervert to be destroyed.
“The government should accept its responsibility for this and compensate me. I should be enabled to return to work.
“A sentence has been imposed on me by various public agencies. I want to demonstrate that they won’t get away with this.”
A spokeswoman for the GTCS said: “One of GTCS’s key roles is to make decisions about who should be on the register of teachers.
“Mr Boyle made an application for registration after his re- trial for sexual offences resulted in a not proven verdict.
“GTCS held a hearing to consider Mr Boyle’s application and decided to refuse his application for registration.
“Mr Boyle appealed to the Court of Session and in December 2013 the Court upheld GTCS’s decision.
“GTCS is committed to ensuring a high quality teaching profession by carrying out open, fair and firm regulation.
“We were pleased that the Court of Session endorsed our processes and found no fault in our management of this case.”