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Josh Sandiford & Jake Brigstock

Boy, 12, excluded for 'taking toy pistol to McDonald's before school' with mum devastated

A 12-year-old boy has been excluded for a taking a "toy gun" into McDonald's before class which has left his mother distraught. Mitchell Pollard has been booted out of Christ Church in Yardley Wood, a new school which opened in September, according to mother Pauline Pollard.

Pauline said Mitchell took a black and yellow toy gun to the fast food outlet and gave it to a friend who "shot a couple of pellets at two pupils". She says the school's punishment methods is "over the top" while the school insists that any decision to exclude a pupil is not made lightly.

The self-employed cleaner claimed her son was the victim of "unfair treatment" and likened the Church of England academy to an "army camp", reports Birmingham Live

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