Teacher sacked after pupil showed her horrific jihadist beheading video

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A maths teacher was sacked after a student showed her shocking footage of a jihadist beheading in her class.
Moya Fletcher, 51, was dismissed for gross conduct after the pupil asked if he could show her an internet clip.
The mum-of-three said she had no reason to suspect what the youngster was about to do and was interviewed by terrorist safeguarding police following the incident.
Miss Fletcher said: "He said could he show me something on the internet.
"I was not told anything about him, so I had no cause to suspect anything. I said, 'yes'.
"I stuck on the screen and it was a graphic beheading.
"I asked him to turn it off and I spoke to him about watching these kind of things.
"When another member of staff heard, they told the manager without talking to me."

Sacked: Moya Fletcher was dismissed by the charity for gross conduct

Miss Fletcher, from Chorley, Lancashire, was sacked by Rathbone, a charity which provides education to disaffected and vulnerable young people, following the incident in October last year.
But she claims concerns she previously raised about the charity's lack of internet security and safeguarding were ignored.
She also believes she was not given a fair hearing and key elements of the investigation have been misconstrued.
Today, Rathbone vigorously defended its actions, and said the learner accessed the gruesome video through Ms Fletcher's staff computer.
The charity insisted they do have suitable firewall provision and user policies, and disciplinary action was carried out appropriately.
Managing director Linda Dean said Ms Fletcher was wrong to grant the pupil access to her staff computer and the charity was justified in its handling of the case.

 

Fired: Maths teacher Moya Fletcher said she had no idea what the pupil was going to show her

Mrs Dean said: "Because of Ms Fletcher's actions she was suspended immediately and later dismissed for inappropriate conduct.
"The safety and wellbeing of our young people is paramount and learners do not have open access to internet content, unsuitable content is blocked by a firewall.
"But she allowed learners to access this material on her staff computer which has a different level of access as tutors can view a wider range of materials."

Source: Mirror uk