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| Halifax teaching assistant Rachel Regan given community order | Halifax teaching assistant Rachel Regan given community order |
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| A teaching assistant who taped a seven-year-old girl to a chair at a West Yorkshire school has been given a 12-month community service order. | A teaching assistant who taped a seven-year-old girl to a chair at a West Yorkshire school has been given a 12-month community service order. |
| Rachael Regan, 43, of Cousin Lane, Illingworth, had denied a charge of cruelty, but was convicted at Bradford Crown Court last month. | Rachael Regan, 43, of Cousin Lane, Illingworth, had denied a charge of cruelty, but was convicted at Bradford Crown Court last month. |
| Her colleague, teacher Deborah McDonald, 41, of Birks Hall Terrace, Halifax, was found not guilty. | Her colleague, teacher Deborah McDonald, 41, of Birks Hall Terrace, Halifax, was found not guilty. |
| Judge Neil Davey QC had previously told Regan she would not go to prison. | Judge Neil Davey QC had previously told Regan she would not go to prison. |
| Tearing up photograph | |
| Regan "singled out and bullied" the girl at the school in the Calderdale area of West Yorkshire in a five-month campaign of abuse. | Regan "singled out and bullied" the girl at the school in the Calderdale area of West Yorkshire in a five-month campaign of abuse. |
| The trial heard about a catalogue of incidents against the pupil, who is now nine. | The trial heard about a catalogue of incidents against the pupil, who is now nine. |
| It included: shutting her in a storeroom, sticking post-it notes to her thumbs, tying her shoes on with string, name calling and goading, hiding her doll and tearing up her photograph. | It included: shutting her in a storeroom, sticking post-it notes to her thumbs, tying her shoes on with string, name calling and goading, hiding her doll and tearing up her photograph. |
| Regan's community order includes a requirement to do 40 hours of unpaid work. | |
| Judge Davey criticised the length of time the classroom assistant had been on bail before she was charged, during which time the Crown Prosecution Service decided what to do. | |
| He said the period of uncertainty was a punishment in itself, explaining that this was why he had not considered a custodial sentence. |