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How repulsive is this story?

A music teacher has admitted lying about killing a girl in an horrific car accident in order to avoid going to work.

Derek McGlone, 42, who was head of music at Calderhead High School in North Lanarkshire, appeared at a General Teaching Council Scotland (GTCS) hearing where the panel found his fitness to teach was impaired.

The teacher also missed work on another occasion when he told a deputy head that he was caught up in Iceland’s ash cloud, despite being at home in Glasgow, as well as embarking on a drunken Facebook rant where he called other staff “bitches.”

The hearing also heard how his former colleagues had complained that his comments were abusive and threatening.

The worst part of this story is how lenient his punishment was:

The Panel considered that making no order or removing the Respondent’s name from the Register would be disproportionate to the seriousness of the complaints.

“In the whole circumstances of the case, and in view of the representations made by the Presenting Officer and the Respondent, the Panel considered that the appropriate outcome in this case is that a reprimand be recorded in the Register against the Respondent’s name for a period of twelve months from the date of expiry of the appeal period specified in the Rules.”

A reprimand has been recorded in the teaching register against Mr McGlone’s name for 12 months.

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