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Jamie McKinnell

Supreme Court overturns magistrate's dismissal of assault charge against teacher due to decision's 'emotive language'

Justice Sarah McNaughton ordered the case back to the Local Court to be heard by another magistrate. (ABC News: Demi Lynch)

The NSW Supreme Court has overturned a magistrate's dismissal of an assault charge against a teacher after he used "regrettable" emotive language in his decision, including lamenting "the insanity that has overtaken society".

The case of the teacher, Emma Tiller, was heard last March in Queanbeyan Local Court, after she was accused of striking a seven-year-old boy on his shoulder in a primary school class.

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