Mr Slack said: ‘Witness A said she told Mr Crawford that no one had ever said that to her before and he replied that he had done “quite a bit of slashing down to size’ in his time and he left the room.
Teacher banned from classroom for life after holding knife to colleague’s throat A teacher who held a butter knife to a colleague’s throat and threatened to ‘slash’ her has been banned from ever entering a classroom again.
Summarising the incident at a disciplinary hearing, presenting officer for the Teacher Regulation Agency (TRA) Adam Slack, said Mr Crawford assaulted the colleague on school grounds.
She said that Mr Crawford laughed and said “the things I could do to you girl” and told her that she needed “slashing down a size”.
The incident was witnessed by another member of staff, who claimed that ‘as Mr Crawford pressed the knife to her neck, he made a comment that he was going to “slash” her.
