Teacher cleared of attempting to murder pupil

A TEACHER who snapped and attacked a pupil who had been goading him was cleared of attempted murder and causing grievous bodily harm with intent.

The jury at Nottingham Crown Court took less than two hours to clear father-of-two Peter Harvey, 50, who had admitted causing grievous bodily harm without intent.

Harvey attacked the 14-year-old boy with a 3kg weight during a lesson at All Saints’ Roman Catholic School in Mansfield last July.