Primary school teacher swiped iPads to fund gambling habit

  A primary school teacher who stole iPads used by children to fund his gambling habit has been banned from the classroom. James King, 43, swiped four expensive iPad Airs and three Asus Netbooks, then pawned them for just £1,620. The former St Peter’s Church of England Primary School teacher, in Swinton, Manchester admitted gambling some of the cash away. He was convicted of theft by employee at Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court on 1 October last year. King was…