School faces huge fine after boy burnt in sheep costume

A school is facing a massive fine for failing to prevent a seven-year-old boy suffering severe burns in front of his parents when his sheep costume was set alight during a nativity service. Children were given candles to hold as part of the event but as parents and staff settled in their seats at Our Lady of the Annunciation Church in Croydon a flame touched the boy’s fake fur. Noel Campbell, headteacher of the Thomas Becket Catholic Primary School, dashed…

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