UK news: Teacher handed lifelong ban from classroom after asking students to perform sex acts
A teacher has been handed a lifelong ban from any classroom in England after he was said to have kissed a student, placed her hand on his genitals, and asked pupils to perform sex acts on him.
The panel was told how during a police interview in 2017, a girl, referred to as Pupil A, revealed how another student, referred to as Pupil D, had asked Mr Myers to take them home after school. Mr Myers drove towards Liverpool, where he lived, in the opposite direction to which the students lived. Pupil A said her friend agreed and as a result, Mr Myers said: “I’ve got you that, you’ve got to do what I want.” Pupil D then said no and took the vodka, telling the teacher she did not want to.
He said when they had reached Liverpool, Pupil A and Pupil D had refused to get out of the car which had made him feel uncomfortable. He denied kissing Pupil A and said she had plenty of opportunities to leave if she felt uneasy. Mr Myers accepted that this could have occurred but not in the manner suggested. He said he tried to be a funny and approachable teacher who tried to get on with students and this involved “banter” and trying to diffuse situations with humour.
The student alleged Mr Myers laughed and said “don’t be like that, don’t be boring.” Pupil A said she had been made to feel uncomfortable with his actions. Pupil C said her friend told her Mr Myers had done something to her, “like put his hands down her top and tried to undo her bra.” The teacher was also said to have made comments about the size of Pupil A’s breasts, how he found her sister attractive and that she was “too good for her boyfriend and needed an older man.”
Board found allegations proven Having found the allegations proven, the panel was satisfied that the conduct of Mr Myers fell significantly short of the standard of behaviour expected of a teacher and he was guilty of unacceptable professional conduct.
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