Middlesbrough deputy head charged over child abuse images

ENGLAND
BBC News

June 10, 2020

Richard Swinnerton has resigned from his job at St Clare’s Catholic Primary School

A deputy headteacher at a primary school has been charged with possessing child abuse images.

Richard Swinnerton, of Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough, faces three counts, relating to category A, the most severe, and categories B and C.

The 30-year-old, who has resigned from his job at St Clare’s Catholic Primary School in Middlesbrough, will appear at Teesside Magistrates’ Court on 10 July.

The charges do not relate to his work at the school, its headteacher said.

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