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BBC News
03-07-2025
- BBC News
Harvey Willgoose: Boy threatened to kill pupil before stabbing
A teenager accused of murdering a 15-year-old classmate had threatened to kill another pupil days before the fatal stabbing, a court has Claire Staniforth told jurors at Sheffield Crown Court the boy had confided in her that he had made the threat after he thought the other pupil was carrying a told the court the teenager, who cannot be named due to his age, said he told her that he said to the other boy 'what have you got in there, do you want me to come and take it off you and I'll kill you with it?'.The defendant is on trial accused of murdering 15-year-old Harvey Willgoose at All Saints Catholic High School, in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, on February 3. He has admitted manslaughter and bringing a knife onto school premises but denies evidence, Ms Staniforth, who was the head of year 10 at the time, said the defendant had recounted the exchanged with the other boy, referred to as Pupil A to her on 29 January - five days before Harvey was fatally told the court: "[The defendant] told me something had happened earlier with [Pupil A]."Pupil A had his hands in his pockets and [the defendant] had looked at him and said, 'what have you got in there? do you want me to come and take it off you and I'll kill you?'. The teenager did not answer her when she asked him if he had actually seen a knife, she Staniforth asked him to repeat his words to other staff later on, which he partly did, but did not repeat the threat to told her, "I only said that to you", the jury court has previously heard that following the incident the defendant had insisted Pupil A had a knife in his pocket and the school was placed into lockdown but no weapon was found. Ms Staniforth said there had been "no obvious tension" between the defendant and Harvey when she saw them in the corridor on the morning of 3 said: "Harvey asked if I was pleased to see him, and I said yes. "He said he was going to be coming into school."[He said] he heard there had been a knife. I told him I wouldn't have been in work if someone had a knife."He said something general about it, and put his hands up and said, 'as if anyone's going to stab me'." Later that morning, Harvey and the defendant were seen "squaring up to each other, posturing" in a lesson another teacher said."There was a little bit of physical contact, some words were exchanged," she told the room settled, she said she had asked the defendant to take his coat off, but he would said she did not ask him again as he had settled in well and was doing some agreed he was "quiet, and looked sad"."I remember feeling sorry for him," she Harvey had gone to the isolation room for a break and had spoken on a staff phone to Ms became emotional as she told the jury he said 'hi bestie' when she answered the phone."I said if he wanted to come up and spend his break with me he could," she added."He never arrived."Less than 10 minutes after they spoke, she heard a student say Harvey had been "sprinted" to the courtyard to do what she could to assist, the jury heard."I told him I was there," she said. She went on to tell the jury that in November, the teenage defendant had come to her office "shaking with anger" after being given a detention for using his phone in Jenny Breislin said in a statement: "[The defendant] told me to shut up."He was very aggressive towards me and then punched the computer screen in front of him, breaking the screen."At the time I did feel threatened."After the incident he told Ms Staniforth he had "beaten someone up and blinded them" at a school he attended previously, she told the Holland, defending, noted there was no record of the defendant doing following month, on the last day before the school broke for Christmas, the defendant's mother met with two teachers regarding a weapon found in his Staniforth became upset as she told the jury: "She had a picture of what she had said was a knife – it wasn't a knife. It was like an axe, with rope around the handle."The incident was reported to South Yorkshire Police, she trial continues. Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North
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The Independent
17-06-2025
- The Independent
Ketamine-addicted teacher sent sexualised messages to pupil while in ‘K hole'
A teacher has been banned from the profession after he sent 'sexualised' messages to a student and admitted to an addiction to ketamine. Shane Lycett, 39, was the head of computing at Dane Court Grammar School in Broadstairs, Kent. Concerns were raised in 2024 about messages he had earlier sent a female student, according to a Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) tribunal. In a disciplinary interview that followed, Mr Lycett said he had been addicted to ketamine for two years and that he took the drug every other day on average, the TRA panel said in its judgment. He said that he would get into 'K holes' and as a result could not remember sending the messages to the student, identified only as Pupil A. However, he told the meeting that he believed they must have been sent by him. The TRA found that Mr Lycett failed to maintain appropriate professional boundaries with the student by accepting her friend request on Facebook, sending her messages and making inappropriate comments. Mr Lycett offered to buy the student cocaine on her birthday, suggested that they 'go out drinking' when she was 18, and made references to ingesting alcohol and drugs, Pupil A's witness statement said. He also called the student a 'TILF' – which the panel said stands for 'Teenager I'd Like to F***'. The panel found that his actions were sexually motivated. 'The panel did not accept that there was any plausible innocent explanation as to why he had acted in the way he had with Pupil A,' it said. 'The panel did not consider that Mr Lycett's excuse of 'being in a K hole' was a plausible justification for his actions.' Police, who interviewed Mr Lycett after concerns were raised, took no further action because of 'insufficient evidence', according to the tribunal. The TRA panel also found it proven that the teacher took ketamine on one or more occasions between 2022 and 2024. 'Mr Lycett admitted to having a 'crippling addiction to ketamine' over the previous two years and that he had taken it most days,' it said. It concluded that he was guilty of unacceptable professional conduct and that his behaviour could bring the profession into disrepute. 'The panel considered the content of the messages Mr Lycett sent to be disturbing, in particular the fact that he normalised swearing and taking drugs and used sexualised language towards a pupil at the school,' it said. 'The panel considered these messages to be highly inappropriate for a teacher to send to a pupil.' It added that while the allegations took place outside the education setting, it believed Mr Lycett's conduct was 'intrinsically linked to his profession as a teacher'. He has been banned indefinitely from teaching in any school, sixth form college, relevant youth accommodation or children's home in England.
The Independent
06-06-2025
- The Independent
Teacher who had sex with pupil in field during ‘drunken night out' banned
A PE teacher has been banned from the profession after having sex will a pupil 'in a field or park' after a 'drunken night out.' Jake Green worked at Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School in Hertfordshire between September 2016 and August 2019 before moving to in September 2019. While working at the college, his employer received an anonymous email on 20 May 2022, claiming that Mr Green should not be working there as he had a sexual encounter with a pupil from Nicholas Breakspear's while teaching at the school, a Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) panel heard. On 23 May 2022, the college met with Mr Green, who admitted he had had a sexual encounter with the female student, known as Pupil A, but was 'adamant' she was over 18 and a former student at the time. The panel heard Mr Green, 33, said the sexual activity with Pupil A occurred after he 'unintentionally met her at an over 18s nightclub' whilst on a 'drunken night out' with an old friend, but that he did not accept she was a student at the school at the time as he was unsure if this was the case. In an undated statement to the college, which was quoted in a written ruling from the TRA, Mr Green said: 'All I remember is being in my old friend's car outside (a) nightclub.' 'I remember feeling very intoxicated in the passenger seat of his car whilst he was chatting to two girls through the window, and I think he offered them a lift home. 'All I remember from then is us suddenly being in a small field or park with my friend and the two girls and somehow four of us engaged in a sexual encounter,' he continued. 'At the time of all of this, I did not register who either of the two girls was, only that I had a slight recognition of one of the girls.' 'In my drunken state, it did not occur to me who she may have been,' he added. Mr Green continued: 'When I woke up the following morning, I was reflecting on the night before and it dawned on me why I may have recognised one of the girls. 'I assumed she may have been an ex-sixth-form student at Nicholas Breakspear School, which is where I taught at the time. 'I say this because I have no recollection of seeing her at school in my teaching role, I had never spoken to her or taught her but in the cold light of day, it dawned on me, that was how I recognised her.' He said he did not notify the school as he had 'no reason to believe she was a current student' and that he had 'reasonable belief' Pupil A was over 18, having met her outside a nightclub. In the statement, Mr Green wrote that he had received a Facebook message from Pupil A 'many months' after the incident and he had told her he was in a relationship and was 'frightened' he would 'lose everything' if people found out about their sexual encounter. The panel heard that in a police crime report dated July 25 2022, Pupil A had informed an officer she had had sex with Mr Green while she was at the school. The report ruled that it was 'more likely than not that Mr Green had sex with Pupil A when she was a pupil at the school'. It accepted that Mr Green 'may not have realised' she was a student where he worked but that he 'did have some recognition' of her. The panel noted that Pupil A did not wish to press charges against Mr Green but found him guilty of unacceptable professional conduct. In a written conclusion, published on Thursday, decision maker Sarah Buxcey, acting on behalf of the Education Secretary, banned Mr Green from teaching indefinitely, subject to a five-year review period. She wrote that she had placed 'considerable weight' on the panel's finding that 'Mr Green, whilst intoxicated, made a deliberate decision to engage in sexual intercourse with Pupil A' but that there was 'no solid evidence' to demonstrate he was aware she was a pupil at the school where he worked. In a written statement to the TRA, Mr Green said: 'I am not the person I was in my early 20s. 'I have learnt so much from my previous mistakes and the hurt that I have caused. 'It was a shameful and embarrassing mistake that I hid from my friends, family and partner. 'As a result, I have focused on being the best person I can be in my career and in my relationship with my partner, friends and family.' Mr Green stopped working at St Columba's College on May 11 2023.
BBC News
05-06-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Woman teacher at Grays school banned for sexual messages to pupil
A woman has been banned from teaching after a panel found she sent messages about her sexual encounters to a pupil and encouraged him to smoke cannabis with Doman, then 32, was teaching history at William Edwards secondary school in Grays, Essex, when her inappropriate contact began.A Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) panel was told she sent messages to the pupil where she called him "little duck" and said to him she loved him, but she denied what she said was Cavey, TRA chief executive, decided she should be banned from teaching indefinitely, subject to a five-year review period. The TRA heard Ms Doman sent dozens of messages to the child, who the panel referred to as Pupil A, between April and May one she said: "You're not even legal or an adult or anything. Like, am I taking advantage of you? Some days it feels like you're taking advantage of me lol."In messages seen by the panel, she told him: "YOU have all the control in this relationship."She also told Pupil A details about her sexual relationships, the panel found, saying in an Instagram message: "One night I ended up with three different guys." 'Pull sickies' She was said to have made comments about the pupil's appearance and messaged him, saying: "I literally go get waxed every eight weeks for no-one to appreciate it."The panel also heard Ms Doman encouraged Pupil A and his friends to "pull sickies" on a day she was off school, and at least once invited Pupil A to spend time alone with now 34-year-old did not attend her misconduct hearing, but in written statements said the "little duck" nickname was "not romantic".She said she was letting the pupil "know that someone cared about his existence" in telling him she loved Doman admitted she also encouraged Pupil A to drink alcohol and smoke cannabis with her, and said: "I am unsure why any of this occurred."I certainly don't behave like this myself. I drink alcohol less than once a month and never to excess, and I've never taken drugs."The teacher also admitted she had sent Pupil A messages outside of school hours and acknowledged she told him to "remove all trace" of her from his Doman denied her conduct was sexually motivated and said she saw Pupil A as "like her child", but the panel ruled on the said Ms Doman's behaviour had a "seriously damaging" impact on Pupil A, his parents, the school and its wider community, and her conduct "had the potential to influence Pupil A in a harmful way".Ms Doman was facing "difficulties" in her personal life at the time, the hearing was told, but the panel ruled that she "did not show sufficient insight in respect of the impact her conduct had on others". Follow Essex news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Yahoo
05-06-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
History teacher encouraged teenage boy to smoke cannabis with her
A history teacher encouraged a teenage boy to smoke cannabis and drink alcohol with her, a panel has found. Charlotte Doman, then 32, was a history teacher at William Edwards School, a secondary in Grays, Essex, when her inappropriate contact with the boy began. In messages the teacher sent to the pupil, referred to as Pupil A by a Teaching Regulation Agency panel, she called him 'little duck' and told him she loved him, the hearing was told. She did not attend her misconduct hearing, but in written statements said the 'little duck' nickname was 'not romantic' and said that she was 'letting (Pupil A) know that someone cared about his existence' in telling him she loved him. Ms Doman, now 34, sent dozens of messages to Pupil A between April and May 2023, including one where she said: 'You're not even legal or an adult or anything. Like, am I taking advantage of you? Some days it feels like you're taking advantage of me lol.' In messages seen by the panel, she told him 'YOU have all the control in this relationship' and also said 'Love that you're still ignoring me. I'm gonna go get f----- up'. She also told Pupil A details about her sexual relationships, the panel found, saying in an Instagram message: 'One night I ended up with three different guys.' The 34-year-old admitted she encouraged Pupil A to drink alcohol and smoke cannabis with her, and said in a statement: 'I am unsure why any of this occurred. I certainly don't behave like this myself. I drink alcohol less than once a month and never to excess, and I've never taken drugs.' She made comments about the pupil's appearance and messaged him saying: 'I literally go get waxed every eight weeks for no one to appreciate it', the hearing was told. The panel heard Ms Doman encouraged Pupil A and his friends to 'pull sickies' on a day she was off school, and at least once invited Pupil A to spend time alone with her. 'Are you and the boys going to be okay if I have to be off sick? You could always pull sickies and we'll all just game at mine all day,' she said in an Instagram message to Pupil A. The teacher admitted she had sent Pupil A messages outside of school hours and sometimes in the early hours of the morning, and acknowledged she told the pupil to 'remove all trace' of her from his phone on May 22 that year. Ms Doman denied that her conduct was sexually motivated and said she saw Pupil A as 'like her child', but the panel ruled on the contrary. The panel said it did not see any other reason as to why Ms Doman discussed her past sexual experiences, problems in her relationship and a graphic sexual extract from a book 'other than if it were in pursuit of sexual gratification or in pursuit of a future sexual relationship'. 'The context of the majority of messages... did not imply that Ms Doman just simply saw Pupil A like her child,' the panel said. The panel ruled Ms Doman's behaviour had a 'seriously damaging' impact on Pupil A, his parents, the school and its wider community, and that her conduct 'had the potential to influence Pupil A in a harmful way'. Ms Doman was facing 'difficulties' in her personal life at the time, the hearing was told, but the panel ruled that she 'did not show sufficient insight in respect of the impact her conduct had on others'. In a written conclusion published on Wednesday, Marc Cavey, on behalf of the Secretary of State, decided Ms Doman should be banned from teaching indefinitely, subject to a five-year review period. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
