Former Walsall teacher who told police officer posing as 13-year-old girl he used Snapchat to send 'dirty' videos banned from profession
A former Walsall teacher has been banned from the profession after engaging in online sexual communication with an undercover police officer pretending to be a 13-year-old girl.
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Omar Patel had worked at Joseph Leckie Academy, a secondary school in The Delves area of Walsall, as a class teacher since September 2017.
In November 2023, outside of school, he used an online chatroom and spoke to someone who told him they were 13-years-old and stopped the conversation.
On December 1, 2023, again outside of school, Patel made online sexual communication with an undercover police officer posing as a 13-year-old girl.
During the communication he said he used Snapchat to send "dirty" videos and pictures of his penis, a Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) report notes.
