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| Muslim ’scarf assault’ trial collapses |
| 2004-01-27 |
| The trial of a teacher who was accused of pulling a scarf from the head of a Muslim pupil has collapsed. Hazel Dick, 43, denied religiously aggravated assault after she was accused of tugging a hijab off a 16-year-old pupil and causing a safety pin to scratch her neck. A jury at Peterborough Crown Court starting hearing evidence in the case on Monday. But on Tuesday, the case against the head of science at Bretton Woods Community School, Peterborough, collapsed. Judge Nicholas Coleman halted the trial and discharged the jury following a series of legal discussions between lawyers. The incident is alleged to have happened in March last year. A new trial has been ordered for 8 March 2004. |
| Posted by:TS |
| #4 Hats are not allowed in the halls or classrooms at my sons school.seems the headscarf would fall under this rule. |
| Posted by: Raptor 2004-1-28 8:31:07 AM |
| #3 Sounds like the old hockey fight move. Pull it over her head and start flying with the uppercuts. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-1-27 9:34:15 PM |
| #2 Velcro - do we have to teach them everything? |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-1-27 8:41:57 PM |
| #1 jeesh...and how much does it cost the taxpayers that she "scratched her neck with a saftey pin"? Sounds like the teacher deserved a reprimand - but it shows how good the Muslims have become at working the system at the expense of their taxpaying hosts. |
| Posted by: B 2004-1-27 1:38:17 PM |