Dumbbell attack teacher spared jail

A TEACHER who snapped and bludgeoned a disruptive pupil with a dumbbell while shouting “die, die, die” was spared jail yesterday and given a two-year community order.

Peter Harvey, 50, attacked the 14-year-old boy at All Saints’ Roman Catholic School in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, last July after repeatedly being taunted by pupils in his science class.

Last month, a jury at Nottingham Crown Court took just an hour to clear Harvey of attempting to murder the boy or intending to cause him serious injury.