Teacher arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

Dear All

As some who has done a bit of teaching in my past life; I know it can be stressful.

You can through no fault of your own get landed with warmers who try your patience.

This story however is a bit of a surprise, a science teacher has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a boy of 14 and two other pupils were hurt at a Nottinghamshire school.

I wonder if it would not have been more appropriate for him to just stick to procedures!

Let it be someone else’s problem.

A boy is said to be in a serious condition in hospital following the incident at All Saints' Roman Catholic School in Mansfield and the Science teacher Peter Harvey, 49, is being questioned by detectives, a weapon was used and there were a "number of witnesses".

That doesn’t sound good, as a victim of violent crime who nearly lost his life I can understand how troubling such nastiness can be.

The boy was taken to King's Mill Hospital but transferred to Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) in Nottingham where his condition is described as very serious. This is the same hospital that a Labour MP was taken to recently when he had a heart attack paying back expenses money. They must be terribly busy, less so if they didn’t have MPs in cluttering up the place.

The school has declined to comment "at this time" because they are probably thinking less said soonest mended and then there is the lawsuit to think of, the big lawsuit.

The school is a specialist performing arts college and describes itself as, "a lively, Catholic comprehensive school with a very special, warm ethos which is recognised by all who visit".

I am sure they might want to rethink that slogan.

Yours sincerely

George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University