Jail terms for school abuse pair

Summary:

These two men worked at Kerelaw School in Ayshire, which is closed last year. Art teacher Matthew George (left, 56) was sentenced for 10 years for abusing 18 of his students. Residential care worker John Muldoon (right, 53) was sentenced for two-and-a-half year for 4 crimes. Matthew George had physical and sexual abused his students. John Muldoon had found guilty by going into girls’ bedrooms or showers and lying in one girls’ bed. Fortunately these people will never work with young children again. The judge, Lady Paton, who put them in jail said: “You had power and authority over these children and you abused that power”.


My opinion.

What these two men did to their students is a very bad thing, not only for themselves, but also for a lot of teachers. When students or parents read articles like this they have the possibility to feel unsafe by the teachers who are nice to their students. The teachers that are close to their students can be looked different after these kinds of events. This makes me feel very angry, sad and frightened. I am feeling angry, because I cannot figure out why people do such things, I am feeling sad, because teachers do such things, and I am feeling frightened that student will not feel safe by their teachers anymore…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/5036694.stm