Teacher who two ten-year-old pupils tried to poison by spiking her coffee with toxic fluid

Описание: Teacher who two ten-year-old pupils tried to poison by spiking her coffee with toxic fluid when her back was turned

Pictured for the first time today is the primary school teacher two ten-year-old boys allegedly tried to poison just one day after the killing of Ann Maguire.

The two pupils reportedly poured a deadly bleach-like chemical into teacher Emma Place's stainless steel coffee flask while her back was turned.

Emma, 39, was about to take a sip of the poisoned drink when another pupil told her what had happened. She was said to have opened the container and was overwhelmed by the toxic smell.

The pupils have been disciplined, though Clapha, Terrace Community Primary School in Leamington Spa, declined to say what punishment had been to the boys.

Police were called to the Warwickshire school last Tuesday, where the flask was seized.

In a statement confirming that disciplinary action had been taken, Clapham Terrace's chair of governors, Philip Robbins, said the teacher involved did not wish to press criminal charges.
Mr Robbins said: 'During the first week of the summer term, two of our older pupils added a home-made concoction, believed to be a mixture of bathroom products, to a teacher's drink on her desk in the classroom.

'The teacher was alerted to this and did not drink her drink.

'With the cooperation of their parents, the two pupils concerned were removed from their normal lessons and were disciplined by the school, in a manner consistent with the school's normal pastoral policy.'