Beyond Belief ; After 30 Faultless Years, This Teacher Was Falsely Accused of Assaulting a Teenage Boy. Three Years of Hell Ended When a Judge Threw Out the Case in Ten Minutes and Her School Invited Her Back. So Why Is She Now Banned From 'Caring For' Her Own Grandchildren?

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JUDI SUNDERLAND is sitting in the living room of her Bradford home as two of her eight grandchildren swarm over her lap, demanding attention, hugs and kisses. They clearly adore her, and yet behind her broad smile there is a raging anger that even this most fundamental affection from her family has been deemed inappropriate by faceless bureaucrats.

The local education authority has just labelled Judi - a no nonsense and articulate former teacher - a danger to children.

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Beyond Belief ; After 30 Faultless Years, This Teacher Was Falsely Accused of Assaulting a Teenage Boy. Three Years of Hell Ended When a Judge Threw Out the Case in Ten Minutes and Her School Invited Her Back. So Why Is She Now Banned From 'Caring For' Her Own Grandchildren?

Having endured a three-year ordeal after being falsely accused of assaulting a male teenage pupil who launched an attack on her in school, the 58-year-old has just been informed she is not legally allowed to chaperone her own grandchildren to acting jobs and auditions.

That's despite the case against her having been thrown out of court and her name cleared.

The final twist in this Kafkaesque nightmare is the revelation that Education Bradford, the authority which turned down her chaperone licence - needed by any adult other than a parent who wants to accompany children who work as child performers - is the same one which has offered her back her old teaching job.

'Is it me, or has the world gone ma...

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