Children evacuated from swimming pool after prosthetic leg mistaken for paedophile

An entire class of children was evacuated from a swimming pool after a prosthetic leg was mistaken for a paedophile.

Teachers from Kings Hill Primary School in Kent spotted the leg poking out from a cubicle whilst taking their class of year 4 children swimming at Larkfield Leisure Centre.

They believed it belonged to a “peeping Tom” and after alerting staff evacuated the 60 children from the pool post-haste.

Head teacher Kerry Thomas told the Kent Messenger:“One of the members of staff had seen it, and we quickly moved the children out, and everything was dealt with in accordance with school policy.”

Yet upon investigation it was found that the leg belonged to a disabled man who had left it on the floor of the cubicle while he went for a swim.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/children-evacuated-from-swimming-pool-after-prosthetic-leg-mistaken-for-paedophile-9010525.html


WTF????

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Mentioned just this kind of thing earlier.

The country is just mental - there are 2 crimes in this country now - hate crimes against minorities and "pedo" crimes.

That's all the UK is interested in.

I am still baffled over how they came to the conclusion that somebody with a prosthetic leg must be a child offender.

PhilDidge wrote:I am still baffled over how they came to the conclusion that somebody with a prosthetic leg must be a child offender.  

Any strange looking man - pedo!

Live on your own, the way you want to - pedo!

Except it wasn't the man was it:

Teachers from Kings Hill Primary School in Kent spotted the leg poking out from a cubicle

Lord knows what position the leg was in, but obviously suggested that someone was attached to it in a position they didn't ought to be in, like looking underneath the cubicles.

I think was sassy says if right, but a bit of an over reaction, why didn't some just go and kick the leg? or at least tap it or something?

Or perhaps shout, "Hey you there, with the prosthetic leg!"

Or: This leg seems to be misbehaving!