Teacher in RAK records student crying after beating

Ras Al Khaimah - The defendant is also charged with videotaping the student while crying and threatening to post the footage online in case he complained against her or reported the incident to his parents or the police.

A teacher with a private school in Ras Al Khaimah has stood trial at the RAK Misdemeanour Court for striking a student on his hand with a ruler and using abusive language.
The defendant is also charged with videotaping the student while crying and threatening to post the footage online in case he complained against her or reported the incident to his parents or the police.
As per court records, the case dates back to last month when the student's mother lodged a complaint with an RAK police station against the teacher, accusing her of insulting and beating up her son in front of his classmates.
She said the teacher not only struck her son and insulted him, but also videotaped him with her mobile phone and threatened to post the footage on the Internet if he complained against her.
The RAK police summoned the teacher, who denied all the charges. The teacher's defence lawyer told the court that the lawsuit filed against his client was malicious and baseless, particularly as "she had obtained a good conduct certificate from her school".
Her nine-year education record "speaks volumes", he said.
"The student's mother filed the case one week after the alleged beating, and that means she took a long time to fabricate the charges against my client," he told the court.
The school administration had also initiated an internal investigation that cleared the teacher of the charges levelled against her, the defence lawyer added.
The teacher, he said, is allowed to discipline the "misbehaving student and correct his inappropriate conduct or failure to observe school rules".
The lawyer claimed there was no evidence of wrongdoing against the teacher in the case file. The Ras Al Khaimah Misdemeanour Court, presided by Chief Judge Mohammed Al Ubaidali, adjouned the case to Thursday, when a verdict will be pronounced.
Cases of students beaten by teachers
> February 4, 2015 - A 15-year-old Emirati student was severely beaten up by his physical education teacher at the Shaam Secondary School for Boys. Bother of the victim told that the Egyptian teacher used an old plastic pipe to beat his grade-ten brother.
> October 19, 2015 - Another video which went viral on social media-- apparently filmed in class - showed a male teacher hitting a student several times.
> October 14, 2015 -Teacher suspended for slapping a sixth grader in Ajman.
> March 24, 2015 - A science teacher allegedly punished an 11-year-old Emirati student of a preparatory school for boys in Ras Al Khaimah by kicking his stomach.
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