Teacher struck off after accusations of vile sex acts on young boys

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A former teacher at two Jewish schools in Salford has been struck off after being accused of ‘unacceptable professional conduct’ with two young boys.

Mr Yankel Shepherd, 57, was accused of having inappropriate physical contact and sexual activity with a 12-year-old boy, and also kissing and stroking a pupil while teaching at a school.

A professional conduct panel for the Teaching Regulation Agency prohibited Mr Shepherd from teaching indefinitely after hearing evidence regarding the two incidents in the 1980s and in 2018. READ MORE: Safeguarding services were warned tragic tot was at risk six months before his death The panel heard how, in the 1980s, Mr Shepherd had approached a 12-year-old boy who had been attending an activities group for boys at a Jewish community centre he ran.

One afternoon, the boy - identified only as Child A - was asked to sit on Mr Shepherd’s lap while they looked at a magazine together.