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Evening Standard
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George Lithgow,Michael Howie and Lydia Chantler-Hicks

London headteacher sacked for tapping own child’s hand with fingers wins tribunal case

A London primary school head teacher sacked for assault after tapping her own son’s hand to stop him playing with a bottle of hand sanitiser was unfairly dismissed, an employment tribunal has ruled.

Shelly-Ann Malabver-Goulbourne was suspended and subjected to a police investigation after a colleague reported her for allegedly hurting her son unnecessarily while working late in her office.

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