A teacher called up ChildLine and acted as a schoolgirl in a ploy to frame a colleague as a paedophile.
Thirty-five-year-old Newham teacher Sheena Boll pretended as a 14-year-old girl when she telephoned the NSPCC advice line alleging that she had been abused sexually.
Boll told over the phone that a male special needs worker at the school had groped her breast.
Police launched a probe and Boll was identified when they traced the source of the call.
Boll, of Woodstock Road in east London, was sacked from the school, while other teachers sprang to the defence of the falsely-accused worker, lauding his teaching and positive interaction with students.
The wronged teacher, as quoted in Evening Standard, said: “I felt like my reputation had been tarnished and I was really distressed and even depressed as a result. I care a lot about what people think of me and I love teaching and making a positive impact on young lives.”
Boll appeared at Thames Magistrates Court and was given a sentence of 11 weeks suspended for two years. She was also ordered to undertake community service of 200 hours and ordered to pay costs and compensation to the victim, the media report said.
She was sentenced on January 24.
