(ITV) A teacher who was forced into hiding after he showed a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed during a lesson was “let down” by his school, council and police, a government adviser has said.
The religious studies teacher received death threats and was forced to move house after protests outside Batley Grammar School in 2021.
The case was referred to in a report by the government’s independent social cohesion adviser Dame Sara Khan.
She said the teacher had been left feeling “suicidal” and suffered post-traumatic stress disorder.
Writing in the report, she said: “Despite being cleared of any malicious intent by an independent investigation two months later, our review of his case demonstrates that he was not considered a victim of crime, he was not entitled to, nor did he receive any of the provisions set out in the Victims Code.”
