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21

Mar 2023

Last Updated: 21/03/2023
Crime
Crime

Knaresborough teacher assault: fourth girl arrested but still no charges

by John Plummer

| 21 Mar, 2023
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A fourth girl has been arrested following yesterday's assault on a teacher at King James's School in Knaresborough.

Police were called at 3.10pm yesterday when a gang of girls from another school caused a disturbance.

A teenage girl was arrested for an alleged assault on a female member of staff and criminal damage but in an update this morning, North Yorkshire Police said she had since been released on bail.

Two other teenage girls who were arrested for breach of the peace had been "de-arrested and taken home" and would be "interviewed at a later date", police said.

Today's update also said a 16-year-old girl was arrested last night, several hours after the incident, on suspicion of affray and remained in police custody.

None of the girls who were arrested is from King James' School.

Carl Sugden King James' School headteacher

Headteacher Carl Sugden (pictured above) wrote to parents yesterday saying the gang of girls were "not connected to King James’s School" and "came onto the school site with the clear intention of causing trouble".

Mr Sugden added:

"Our staff were on hand to stop them, they did not gain access to the building, but unfortunately we needed some police support to remove them.
"There were a number of police vans on site at the end of school and this caused some disruption to the end of the day.
"I can assure you that none of our pupils were involved in this poor behaviour and these young people are not known to us."





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Police enquiries are ongoing and anyone with information can make a report via the North Yorkshire Police website or by calling 101, option 1.

The crime reference is 12230050161.