Sex offence teacher "no risk"
There's controversy surrounding a disgraced Religious Education teacher who's been ruled fit to return to the classroom despite being sacked for possessing scores of indecent images of children.
Government criticised over sex offence teacher allowed to return to the classroom
One of the government's senior ministers is under fire this evening for giving a teacher permission to return to the classroom - even though he was found with nearly 200 child abuse images on his computer.
We told you last night how Geoffrey Bettley was sacked as a Religious Education teacher from a school in West Yorkshire when the images were found on his computer. He was also given a police caution.
Today the Education secretary Michael Gove, who ultimately sanctioned the return to teaching, has been heavily criticised and his department is now investigating to see if the case was handled correctly.
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