Teacher responsible for safeguarding arrested on suspicion of running brothel
He was arrested alongside a woman who is not thought to be linked to the school in question
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A teacher at a top Blackpool school was arrested this week, we can exclusively reveal. The man, along with another person, was brought in on suspicion of running a brothel.
The reportable details of this are somewhat limited at the moment from a legal perspective, but we have told you everything we are safely able to in today’s edition.
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Teacher responsible for safeguarding arrested on suspicion of running brothel
By Michael Holmes
A teacher at a Blackpool school has been arrested on suspicion of running a brothel, it can be exclusively revealed.
The figure, whose duties include looking after children’s welfare, was taken into custody by detectives earlier this week and quizzed over the alleged offences.
He was held alongside a woman who is not believed to be linked to the school, which teaches hundreds of children on the Fylde coast.
The teacher has since been released under investigation, while the woman has been bailed, Lancashire Police told The Blackpool Lead.
