You had beter not fuck with English teachers anymore

[drlovelife8]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article7111814.ece

Awesome lol.

A teacher who beat a boy’s head with a dumbbell while shouting “die, die, die†walked free from court yesterday after being cleared of attempted murder because he was mentally unwell and had been tormented by the pupil.

In a case that raised doubts about whether there was sufficient help available for stressed teachers struggling with disruptive children, Peter Harvey, 50, was cleared after the jury deliberated for little more than an hour. He was also cleared of grievous bodily harm with intent.

The four-day case has also highlighted the problems caused by mobile-phone cameras and the possibility that children are more likely to misbehave in class if they know that they are being filmed. Only now can it be revealed that Judge Michael Stokes, QC, who welcomed the not guilty verdict as “common senseâ€, had questioned why the attempted murder charge had been pursued in the first place.

The science teacher admitted grievous bodily harm without intent. The 14-year-old pupil, a known troublemaker, had accepted that Harvey, who had struggled with mental problems for three years, appeared “possessed†when he snapped after the child told him to “f*** offâ€. The boy, part of a handful of children trying to goad the tutor as they secretly filmed him at All Saints Roman Catholic School in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, suffered a fractured skull and bleeding to the brain.

While the boy’s family stormed out of Nottingham Crown Court as the verdicts were delivered, Harvey simply bowed his head. He later apologised for the “pain and damage†he had caused.

The school will now decide whether Harvey will keep his job. Former pupils welcomed the verdict, claiming that Harvey had been an “outstanding and charismatic†teacher. One, who is now a teacher, said that Harvey had been her role model and the reason she joined the profession.

For much of his 16 years at the school, Harvey, known affectionately as the “Nutty Professorâ€, was so dedicated that he arrived at 6.30am to prepare class experiments. Three years ago he was pushed over by one pupil, knocked into a hedge by another and then received a menacing visit at home from another student. He told colleagues that classes were getting out of control and that he feared he would hurt someone.

The school advised him to seek help and he visited his doctor, who diagnosed severe stress and depression.

Harvey’s home life was also difficult. He had struggled to help his wife, Samantha, to cope with her depression after she quit the teaching profession. They have two daughters, one of whom has Asperger’s syndrome.

In July last year, a few children in the physics lesson in Year 9, aged 13 to 14, planned to secretly film themselves “winding up†Harvey, who had just returned from five months off with stress. They decided to find out what it would take to make him snap and the recording would then be passed to other children.

After one girl on the film warned that her teacher was having a mental breakdown, Harvey rained down blows on the boy’s head with a 3kg dumbbell. He was led away making a guttural howling noise, and was later seen headbutting a wall at the police station because he wanted to “destroy horrible meâ€. He told police that he thought he had killed the boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons.

“It was like I was just watching on TV. I had no emotion. No thoughts. I did not know what happened,†he said.

During legal arguments, the judge said that “there is strong evidence to suggest that the way Mr Harvey was acting at the time, he did not appreciate what he was doing. It does seem to me that by continuing with this case the Crown may discover their attitude rebounds on them.â€

Chris Keates, general secretary of the teachers’ union NASUWT, called last night for an inquiry into how technology, such as mobile-phone cameras, could encourage children to “play to the camera†and behave badly in class.

[Teddy]

There was a cctv video that showed the teacher right after the attack. There wasn't any audio, but the way he was pacing around the corridor was like a caveman.

[drlovelife8]

There was a cctv video that showed the teacher right after the attack. There wasn't any audio, but the way he was pacing around the corridor was like a caveman.

Post it. Post it.

[PiAnt]

Score one for justice.

There was a quite recent incident where a US student committed suicide as a result of school bullies. I'm sure there are many such incidents.

If he hadn't been found not guilty, it would have been an absolute travesty. Tantamount to saying that you can't fight back when you snap, but you can kill yourself.

Frankly, the types who perpetrate this kind of thing should be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible, publicly shamed and their parents also prosecuted for producing such vile offspring.

(Some people's only talent appears to be an ability to produce kids they can't be arsed to bring up properly.)

[Admin_2]

CCTV Footage:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrf3RVhvYY4&feature=fvsr

[English_Bob]

Hey... OP! You'd better change the spelling in your thread title - you might send one over the edge!

Wonder if it'll be adopted into English slang... like in the States, "Going postal..."

"Watch out Tucker! Mr Jenkins is going a bit Pete Harvey!"

[DANNO]

Hey... OP! You'd better change the spelling in your thread title - you might send one over the edge!

Wonder if it'll be adopted into English slang... like in the States, "Going postal..."

"Watch out Tucker! Mr Jenkins is going a bit Pete Harvey!"

+1

[PiAnt]

Hey... OP! You'd better change the spelling in your thread title - you might send one over the edge!

Wonder if it'll be adopted into English slang... like in the States, "Going postal..."

"Watch out Tucker! Mr Jenkins is going a bit Pete Harvey!"

+1

I've hired worse.

Much worse.

[drlovelife8]

Hey... OP! You'd better change the spelling in your thread title - you might send one over the edge!

Wonder if it'll be adopted into English slang... like in the States, "Going postal..."

"Watch out Tucker! Mr Jenkins is going a bit Pete Harvey!"

Maybe trolls will be told "Don't do a drlowlife, grow up" That's when I realised it had all gone a bit Pete Tong