Dad who 'steamrollered' teachers handed Asbo

Nov 22 2008 by Sam Casey, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

He threatened one teacher in front of her class, vowed he would kill another, used foul language in the school car park and threatened other parents.

Mr Bell said: “It’s an unusual application for an Asbo, certainly the first I have ever done and one of the first, if not the first, in the country.

“The behaviour of Mr Edmund at the school escalated to the extent that he had had two previous warnings at the school and an Asbo warning at the police station and yet he continued to go in and be abusive at the school.”

He said the children were now at other schools.

But the new schools had accepted the youngsters on the basis that an order would be made so they would have protection from any future antisocial behaviour by Edmund.

“My submission as to why this is necessary is that this went on despite a number of warnings, culminating in Mr Edmund withdrawing his children rather than moderating his behaviour,” Mr Bell added.