A teacher has been banned after hacking a colleague’s phone to send himself an intimate video, causing outrage in the school community
Nottingham: So, there’s this wild story about a teacher who got himself banned. Brendon Fallows, 37, worked at Lady Bay Primary School for a decade. But he crossed a serious line.
He hacked into a female colleague’s phone. Can you believe that? He guessed her password, which was her birthday, after finding it on her Instagram. Super creepy, right?
It all went down when she left her phone in the office to teach his class. While she was away, he tried to send himself an intimate video of her through WhatsApp. Yikes!
When she got back, she didn’t notice anything was off at first. They even chatted about her class. But later, when she checked her phone, she freaked out. The video had failed to send to an unknown number.
She quickly deleted it, realizing it was sent to Mr. Fallows. He admitted he let his curiosity get the better of him, but that’s no excuse for such behavior.
The panel said his actions violated trust and privacy, causing a lot of upset and anger. They found his behavior calculated, not a spur-of-the-moment mistake.
In the end, they recommended he be banned from teaching for two years. It’s a serious wake-up call about respecting boundaries, especially in a school setting.
