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04/05/2005
Pellet gun teacher freed
The Court of Appeal has freed Linda Walker, the teacher who was jailed for firing a pellet gun during an argument with a group of youths.
The 48-year-old special needs teacher from Urmston, Greater Manchester received a six month jail sentence after being convicted of affray and possessing a firearm on March 29.
Mrs Walker claimed that she had fired the air pistol during a confrontation with a gang of youths. She told police that her home had been the target of vandalism, saying that her car and garden had been vandalised and that her garden shed had been broken into. Mrs Walker also said that she had been the recipient of nuisance phone calls, abusing her family.
However, at the trial no evidence was produced to indicate that any of the youths she confronted had been involved in the acts that Mrs Walker described.
Mrs Walker received a conditional discharge but the three appeal court judges denied her permission to challenge the convictions. She had wanted to use new evidence, from a milkman called Dave Matthews, that one of the youths she confronted had been seen on her property. However, the appeal court judges said that that evidence did not relate to the day of Mrs Walker’s confrontation with the youths.
(KMcA/SP)
The 48-year-old special needs teacher from Urmston, Greater Manchester received a six month jail sentence after being convicted of affray and possessing a firearm on March 29.
Mrs Walker claimed that she had fired the air pistol during a confrontation with a gang of youths. She told police that her home had been the target of vandalism, saying that her car and garden had been vandalised and that her garden shed had been broken into. Mrs Walker also said that she had been the recipient of nuisance phone calls, abusing her family.
However, at the trial no evidence was produced to indicate that any of the youths she confronted had been involved in the acts that Mrs Walker described.
Mrs Walker received a conditional discharge but the three appeal court judges denied her permission to challenge the convictions. She had wanted to use new evidence, from a milkman called Dave Matthews, that one of the youths she confronted had been seen on her property. However, the appeal court judges said that that evidence did not relate to the day of Mrs Walker’s confrontation with the youths.
(KMcA/SP)
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