BBC NEWS | UK | England | Nottinghamshire | Teacher held after pupils injured
Interesting to see how this develops..
Interesting to see how this develops..
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Life is a party and parties arent meant to last.
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Watched it on the news weird. A teacher who seems to have been at the school for some time and is praised by the former pupils interviewed on the tv. Summer hols early for him me thinks.Comment
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People are going to die
TERRIFIED children ran from their classroom as teacher Peter Harvey went wild and shouted that ?people are going to die?, it was claimed last night.
Pupils told how panic erupted after the science master lashed out clutching a 2kg weight used in experiments ? almost killing Jack Waterhouse, 14, and injuring two friends.
And they described how popular Mr Harvey had turned into a ?ticking timebomb? after suffering a stroke brought on by stress.
He returned from sick leave just a few weeks ago and was spotted talking to himself in corridors and shaking during lessons.
He allegedly snapped when kids in his Year Eight physics class began singing along to the Michael Jackson hit Man in The Mirror, changing the words to: ?I?m staring at the psycho in the mirror.?
A sixth-former at the All Saints Roman Catholic School in Mansfield, Notts, said: ?Mr Harvey was one of the best teachers, but he?s been tensed up since he came back. What he is said to have done is so out of character no one can take it in.
?It?s believed to have started with a girl carrying some kind of property bag outside his classroom. He asked to check it and when she refused he is said to have aimed a kick at it but hit the girl. She ran to reception.
?Word got back to his class and when he started the lesson they all started singing.
"He told the kids to shut up but they carried on. One of the lads was snapping a ruler on his desk as well.
?Apparently he ran up behind Jack and got him in a headlock. Another tried to help, but Mr Harvey dragged that kid off and supposedly threw a weight.
?He then went back to Jack and dragged him into a back storeroom ? then is said to have hit him on the temple with the weight.
?He dragged him back out and was kicking him while he was on the floor. A girl who tried to help also got hit.
?There was blood everywhere. Mr Harvey had completely lost it and was saying people were going to die. There was panic as the kids ran from the classroom.
?When the police arrived they had to handcuff Mr Harvey before taking him away because he was still so agitated.?
Shocked pupils set up internet sites dedicated to Mr Harvey and Jack. Mr Harvey, a married 49-year-old with two daughters, was called an ?amazing guy? and an ?outstanding form tutor?.
One contributor wrote: ?I don?t believe for one second he meant to hurt anyone. But he was a ticking timebomb and he just happened to break down at school.?
Another claimed: ?He was a legendary teacher, but you could see in his lessons he wasn?t all there. He would talk to himself a lot and shake, but I never thought he would do this.?
One called Mr Harvey ?a lovely man?. But they went on: ?Not only has he attacked a 14-year-old, but 30-odd 13 and 14-year-olds had to sit and watch.
?Two had to pull a crazy teacher off of their mate who would have pretty much died there and then if they hadn?t ? sit and see blood pouring from his head while their teacher shouts obscene things.?
On the ratemyteachers.com site Mr Harvey had been given five out of five ? now down to 3.7. One ex-pupil called him a ?great inspiration? and another recalled how he was ?absolutely hilarious and inspires confidence in even the least scientifically minded?.
A 21-year-old, who did not want to be named, said: ?Mr Harvey had been at the school for about 15 years, but suffered a stroke about six months ago. Medication or a breakdown must be behind this.?
Victim Jack was rushed to hospital with head injuries that at one stage threatened his life. Last night his condition was said to have ?stabilised?. The boy and the girl who were hurt did not need hospital treatment.
Mr Harvey, who cycles to school each day, was being held on suspicion of attempted murder.
Maureen Cobbett, head of the respected 1,170-pupil comprehensive school, was working with police to offer counselling to children. Some of them were being questioned as witnesses.Comment
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sheesh... his pushbike must still be at school then?Comment
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It seems pretty extreme. Back in the early sixties I was at a London Catholic grammar school and the violence handed out to pupils there by priests was often uncontolled and by today's standards totally unacceptable. The guy in the news item seems to have suffered some brain injury through a stroke.Comment
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