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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent

West Midlands teacher was ‘forced into hiding’ after doctored video alleged she made racist slur

Cheryl Bennett
Footage of Cheryl Bennett appeared online with subtitles falsely alleging she had used racist language. Photograph: Twitter/X

A teacher subjected to a torrent of abuse after doctored footage falsely alleged she used a racist slur while canvassing for the Labour party has said she was forced into hiding and feared it would ruin her career.

Cheryl Bennett, a PE teacher from Wednesbury in the West Midlands, was helping her colleague, Qasim Mughal, hand out Labour leaflets during the local elections in May last year when she was recorded on a household security camera.

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