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Assault teacher ‘should not have been prosecuted’

The Crown Office has been criticised for choosing to take a case against a schoolteacher who assaulted two schoolboys after being subjected to “disgraceful” behaviour and “extreme provocation”.

Mike Barile, 51, was found guilty last year at Dundee Sheriff Court of assaulting two schoolboys in the classroom after they swore at him.