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Homemade clocks and spelling mistakes

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 9:25 am
by Eraser
A simple spelling mistake has led to a 10-year-old Muslim boy being interviewed by British police over suspected links to terrorism.

The boy, who lives in Accrington in Lancashire, wrote in his primary school English class that he lived in a “terrorist house”. He meant to write “terraced house”.

His teachers did not realise it was a spelling error and instead reported the boy to the police, in accordance with the 2015 Counter-Terrorism and Security Act, which states that teachers are obliged to alert the authorities to any suspected terrorist behaviour.
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016 ... ling-error

I bet his family instructed the kid to make the spelling mistake :olo:

Re: Homemade clocks and spelling mistakes

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 9:41 am
by Flex Donkey
The teachers probably knew it was bullshit but reported it just to cover their own ass.

Re: Homemade clocks and spelling mistakes

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 10:50 am
by Ryoki
Yeah, that's most likely the case. There are protocols for this kind of thing these days you know.

Re: Homemade clocks and spelling mistakes

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 6:33 pm
by seremtan
This article has been taken down pending investigation.
cool story, guardian

Re: Homemade clocks and spelling mistakes

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 8:07 pm
by Eraser
Dubya tee eff?