British teacher set for payout after police refused to remove unproven harassment claim from his CRB file

A police force that refused to remove details of an unproven harassment claim against a PE teacher from his CRB file breached his human rights, a High Court judge ruled yesterday. The man suffered a `killer blow' to his career after details of the allegation were handed to potential employers.

A police officer informed CRB staff he was a `lech' who children needed protection from and made an `unsubstantiated claim' he had possibly stolen school property.

The 44-year-old teacher, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is now expected to seek damages after Mr Justice Stuart-Smith said Cumbria Police were guilty of a `disproportionate and unjustifiable' breach of his right to a private life.

Last month, the High Court was told that in 2010 a pupil at his school complained the man `hugged me?.??and pressed my chest to him four or five times' while they were both in a pub. She also claimed he whispered: `I want you to come round to mine - two hours -
£ 200 every month.'

The teacher denied `having spoken to or even seen' the teenager and officers concluded no further action should be taken.

The judge added that PC Owen also suggested the teacher had `possibly been guilty of the theft of school property' - a claim that `was entirely unsubstantiated and was in any event irrelevant'. Yet assistant chief constable Michelle Skeer [bitch] authorised Enhanced Criminal Record Certificate disclosure.

The teacher sought a judicial review of Cumbria Police's decision not to remove the allegation from his Certificate. The judge concluded the force had breached Article 8 under the Human Rights Act.

Original report here




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