They were supposed to be teachers but they were hiding a vile secret – Liverpool Echo

They were supposed to be teachers but they were hiding a vile secret These teachers abused their position of trust Left to right: Steven Laverty, Alan Harbottle and Rebecca Joynes Parents should be able to trust those who educate their children – but some have shattered that trust in the most disturbing ways. Several Merseyside educators have been unmasked for abusing their positions of authority, with some jailed for serious offences against children. One former headteacher was revealed to be a paedophile who “returned to his old ways” within weeks of being caught. Another teacher admitted to using Snapchat to share a category B indecent image of a child, confessing to being “addicted” to such material. In a separate case, a teacher took a pupil back to her flat and later fell pregnant by another teenage student. Below, we look at some of the most shocking cases of teachers who betrayed the trust placed in them. Alan Harbottle A disgraced former primary school teacher was banned from teaching for life after attempting to meet a person he believed was a 14-year-old boy. Alan Harbottle, 52, who taught at Mosspits Lane Primary School in Wavertree for almost two decades, was caught
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