Don't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox A primary school teacher from Cheshire was awarded more than £150,000 in compensation after a pupil assaulted her for asking him to get on with his work.
The teacher suffered severe injuries to her hand and wrist after the student attacked her, according to the the NASUWT teaching union.
She initially asked the pupil, who was misbehaving, to get on with his work. But when she turned her back, he jumped up from behind her and grabbed her neck.
He then grabbed her right hand, twisted her wrist and dug his finger into her arm. The assault left her with ligament damage to her wrist, hand and fingers and she was awarded just over £155,000 in
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