Police Arrest Parents Over Compaints About Daughter's School
A mother and father in England were arrested over 'reports of harassment and malicious communications' made in a WhatsApp group about their daughter's primary school, according to local news.
Footage sent to Storyful by Times Radio producer Maxie Allen shows police at his home in Borehamwood on January 29. The footage shows officers leading Allen away from the house.
'Following reports of harassment and malicious communications, which are criminal offences, a man and a woman from Borehamwood, both aged in their 40s, were arrested on Wednesday 29 January, police told local news.
According to The Guardian, the Cowley Hill Primary School said it had 'sought advice from police' after a 'high volume of direct correspondence and public social media posts' that they claimed had become upsetting for staff, parents, and governors.
According to reporting from the London Evening Standard, Allen and his partner Rosalind Levine said they were questioned by police over 'disparaging' comments made in a WhatsApp group.
There was a 'breakdown in relationships between a school and parents that shouldn't have become a police matter,' the Hertfordshire Police & Crime Commissioner said. Credit: Maxie Allen, Times Radio Producer via Storyful
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