Full hearing (conduct)

1. In September 2018, while a student at [redacted], the Applicant did approach Witness 1 from behind, grab her by the bottom and kiss her without her consent.
2. In January or February 2019 while a student at [redacted] the Applicant did lift Witness 1 from the ground have his hands under her dress on her bare body without her consent, fail to put her down when she requested that he do so and then deliberately expose her lower body as he lowered her to the ground without her consent.
3. Between January and April 2019 while a student at [redacted] the Applicant did [redacted] and did:
   
   • (i) Say to Witness 2 ‘why are you wearing that, are you wearing that out?’ or similar
   • (ii) Grab Witness 4 by the breasts and place your hands on her body,
   • (iii) Touch various people on the bottom.
4. Between January and April 2019, while a student at [redacted], the Applicant did enter Witness 1’s bedroom, pull the duvet away from Witness 1, shout her name, hug her and place your face against hers, all whilst Witness 1 was asleep
5. In January or February 2019 at [redacted] and while the Applicant was a student at [redacted], the Applicant did repeatedly touch Witness 3 on the leg while at [redacted] and in a taxi afterwards despite being told to desist and attempted to follow her into a flat
6. In September 2019 while a student at [redacted], the Applicant did approach Witness 2 [redacted] and grab her bottom.

In light of the above it is alleged that the Teacher’s fitness to teach is impaired and he is unfit to teach as a result of breaching Parts 1.3, 1.4 and 4.2 of the General Teaching Council for Scotland’s Code of Scotland’s Code of Professionalism and Conduct 2012 (COPAC).

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