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Abigail Nicholson & Chloe Burrell

Teacher sacked after child beaten in class by gang while he stood by and did nothing

A teacher was sacked after he stood by and did nothing while a child was attacked in his classroom.

Daniel Murphy, a science teacher at a secondary school, accepted that he 'failed to safeguard' a pupil after they were beaten up in his classroom.

During the second lesson of the day at Kirkby High School in Livepool on November 21, 2019, Mr Murphy was teaching a science class when a child (Pupil A) was battered to the floor by a fellow student and was then kicked by a number of other children.

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