Keywords: headteacher cleared, James Porter, pupil safety, Hillgrove, appeal court, conviction quashed, reasonably practicable,

Headteacher's conviction quashed on appeal

Prosecutions and Claims |
20.05.2008

A headteacher who was convicted of safety failures after a pupil fell down school steps and later died has had his conviction overturned on appeal.

James Porter, owner and headteacher of Hillgrove School in Bangor, Gwynedd, was last year fined £12,500 with £7500 costs after thre ...

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