Man outside primary school "was not" taking pictures of children
FEARS that a man was lurking opposite a Derby primary school taking pictures of children have been allayed this lunchtime.
Four pupils at Hilton primary school reported seeing a man pointing a camera in their direction opposite the school field yesterday lunchtime.
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However CCTV footage confirms the man was taking pictures of a cracked windscreen in the Village Hall car park.
Parents and police were informed last night of the reports but headteacher James Hilton said there was no longer a need to be concerned.
He said: "It turns out that a tractor churned up a stone and that cracked the windscreen of a car. CCTV footage at the Village Hall shows the man was taking pictures of the damage."
He added that the pupils were right to report their concerns and that he was relieved the incident turned out to be a false alarm.
3 Comments
by John, Derby
Thursday, June 25 2009, 12:56PM
“It's amazing how these things snowball with the 'chinese whisper' effect. A relative of mine has a child at the school and, apparently, the children were sent home with a note for their parents about this incident. By the time it had reached my ears it was about a man who was talking to children as well as taking their photographs. What appears to be an innocuous event has grown into something total finctional because of scare-mongering.”
by Mr Bronson, Belper
Thursday, June 25 2009, 12:49PM
“If it wasn't for the CCTV footage this article would read so differently. Paranoid Britain?definitely!”
by Neil, Leicestershire
Thursday, June 25 2009, 12:30PM
“Just goes to show how unwise it is to take photographs in public in paranoid Britain!”