Drunk teacher sent four ex-colleagues sex messages

A drunk primary school teacher pestered four former colleagues with sex messages, a disciplinary panel has heard.

Samuel Caron admitted he sent two women a photo of his penis and propositioned another for a "foursome", the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) heard.

The 34-year-old, a teacher at St Patrick's RC primary in Collyhurst, Manchester, claimed the indecent photo was a "pocket dial" and begged his colleague "please don't get the police mate", the hearing was told.

The (TRA) panel found Mr Caron guilty of unacceptable professional conduct after he sent the messages between May and July 2023. He was banned from teaching for five years.

The panel heard Mr Caron claimed he was either drunk or hungover when he sent many of the messages, and did not send them deliberately.

He sent several messages to one woman, identified only as Colleague B, in which he asked her for a "foursome", the hearing was told.

He then allegedly told her "the offer is there for you to mull over", but then later apologised and said he was "so drunk", the panel was told.

Mr Caron, who had been teaching for 10 years, claimed some messages were sent by mistake or when he was drunk or hungover, and said he "profoundly regretted" his actions.

In an email to the panel, he said: "If I could change these events, I would in a heartbeat.

"I am sorry to those I have affected."

The panel heard his colleagues were shocked by his conduct.

Colleague A said Mr Caron was "such a nice guy" and the messages felt "out of character".

The panel ruled that "the repeated sending of sexually motivated messages", including "explicit images" of himself, was serious misconduct.

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