Elf on the Shelf prank at Scots special needs school sees teachers mock up Santa’s helpers snorting cocaine

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cocaine.Photos of the toy elves with straws up their noses and lines of pretend cocaine were posted on a staff WhatsApp group.The images showed the elves surrounded by beer cans and cigarette packets on desks at Braidburn School in Edinburgh.But the gag blew up after a pupil support assistant at the school complained that the pictures were “disgusting”.Robert Sinclair, who reported the festive spoof to the council’s whistleblower hotline, said his job was terminated as a result.The 40-year-old said senior staff at the primary school in the city’s Oxgangs area tried to laugh it off as a “joke”.And now Robert, who has a close relative who has battled cocaine addiction for many years, said his contract isn’t being renewed after he refused to.