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A teacher said to have "throttled" a five-year-old boy while holding him against a wall has been struck off. A teacher who "throttled" a pupil aged five while holding him against a classroom wall has been struck off.
A General Teaching Council of Wales panel upheld claims of unacceptable conduct and serious incompetence against Benjamin Warner. A General Teaching Council of Wales panel upheld claims of unacceptable conduct and serious incompetence against Benjamin Warner, 36.
Mr Warner, who denied the claims, had already been dismissed by Caldicot Sandy Lane School, Monmouthshire. He had already been dismissed by Sandy Lane Infants School, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, but denied the claims.
Mr Warner was not represented at the Cardiff hearing, but claimed in a letter he lacked support at the school. He did not attend the two-day Cardiff disciplinary hearing, but in a letter said he lacked support at the school.
The panel found that his conduct was "fundamentally incompatible" with being a registered teacher. A catalogue of alleged abuse involving Mr Warner's class of five and six-year-olds at the school was outlined.
He will not be allowed to apply for restoration to the register for five years, although he could launch an appeal. He was said to have shut three children in a store cupboard, knocked another off a chair and dragged a boy by his jumper across the school hall.
The panel, sitting in Cardiff, heard from head teacher Susan Richards that she was confronted in December 2005 by a trainee teaching assistant who was shaking and crying. He could not cope or control his temper Head teacher Susan Richards
When she asked her what was wrong, the assistant said Mr Warner had a boy by the throat against the wall and was "throttling" him. Trainee teaching assistant Gemma McCluskey saw the pupil being held by the throat and ran sobbing from the classroom shouting: "He's throttling him," the panel heard.
The panel was told that Mr Warner also dragged a pupil across the school hall by his sweatshirt and shut three more in a store cupboard. Head teacher Susan Richards told the disciplinary panel they were "appalled" by what Miss McCluskey reported.
The panel heard claims that Mr Warner had "lost all control of his actions". The incident happened after the boy jumped into his teacher's back and put his arm around his neck in a classroom prank.
Mrs Richards said: "I was concerned about the safety of the children and my priority was getting Mr Warner out of the classroom.
"In more than 30 years of teaching I had never dealt with such a severe case. He could not cope or control his temper.
The hearing was told of several incidents involving the teacher
"Miss McCluskey said she could not believe a teacher could do such a thing and ran out."
Mr Warner was also accused of knocking the boy he had grabbed by the throat from a chair, banging his head on the tiled floor.
'At risk'
In another incident he was said to have dragged a pupil across the hall by his sweatshirt after a toy car he had brought in was broken, and the boy was left with a red mark on his arm.
Deputy head teacher Elizabeth Beynon said she saw Mr Warner pull the pupil 8m (26ft) in the direction of the boys' toilets.
"The children were very shocked. They were scared of him," said Mrs Beynon.
"These are five and six-year-old children and he was quite a large gentleman and he could put these children at risk."
In another alleged incident Mrs Beynon heard Mr Warner shout "get out" to a group of children. Mr Warner was said to have shut three other pupils in a store cupboard after they went to look at toys inside and refused to come out.
He refused the children sand, water and toys, all resources usually found in a class for year one pupils.
Mr Warner did not attend the hearing and he did not have a legal or union representative there.Mr Warner did not attend the hearing and he did not have a legal or union representative there.
But part of a letter from him was read out which said he felt a lack of support to help him deal with six disruptive children in the class. Good references
But in a letter read to the hearing he claimed he felt there was a lack of support to help him deal with six disruptive children in the class.
He wrote: "I didn't have enough support from the school".He wrote: "I didn't have enough support from the school".
The hearing was also told that when he was interviewed for the post he provided good references. He was viewed as an experienced teacher, and well able to deal with children in challenging situations.The hearing was also told that when he was interviewed for the post he provided good references. He was viewed as an experienced teacher, and well able to deal with children in challenging situations.
Mr Warner was dismissed from the school following a disciplinary hearing. No criminal charges were ever made and no parents complained to police, but the allegations were so serious they were scrutinised by the local education authority, police and teaching staff.
Mr Warner was dismissed from the school after a disciplinary hearing.
He was struck off after being found guilty of 11 out of 13 charges against him and told he could not reapply for registration for five years.
Panel chairwoman Jacqui Turnbull said Mr Warner's conduct was "fundamentally incompatible with being a registered teacher."
She said: "His conduct seriously affected the well being of pupils - both deliberately and through incompetence."
Mr Warner told a local news agency after the hearing: "I don't want to talk about it any more.
"It has dragged on for a year-and-a-half and just thinking about it makes me feel sick. I have had enough".