Teacher falsely accused of indecent assault by pupil


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History teacher John Tallon went to hell and back after a 13-year old female pupil developed a crush on him and falsely accused him of making advances to her.

Fortunately Mr Tallon, an ex-Inland Revenue officer and father of three - was able to provide alibis for all the times the girl claimed she had been in his company.

‘The girl’s story was so absurd it quickly collapsed under cross examination . She claimed I had taken her for drives in the country on days I could luckily account for my movements,’ he says, adding,’ Her mother told how she had found 40 fantasy love notes written in her daughter’s handwriting but supposedly signed by me and addressed to her.’

That the case went to court despite the fact that police told Mr Tallon in the early stages ‘thing would go no further’ is a fact that his wife, Clare, finds hard to come to terms with, saying, ’This was a ludicrous case yet it went the distance and put us all through untold agonies.’

She went on to say, ‘I don’t know if he should go back into teaching - it is such a dangerous place to be.’

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