A teacher tried to cover up her boss's arrest on child pornography charges by ordering a janitor to buy up every copy of a local newspaper. Parents remained unaware of the reasons that Andrew Melville, head teacher at Whitecraig School in Musselburgh, East Lothian, was absent from his job because all copies of the East Lothian Courier reporting his arrest were unavailable in local shops.
News of the move emerged when Melville was yesterday sentenced in Edinburgh to carry out 150 hours of community service and placed on probation for three years after admitting a series of offences.
Council education chiefs said the attempted cover-up was "extremely regrettable" and that the unnamed staff member had acted "on her own initiative". (Sources: The Scotsman/Daily Mail)
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