Boarding school teacher to face trial for beating up pupils
14:31, 25 March 2010
ULAN UDE. March 25. KAZINFORM. Deputy head of the Urulga boarding school in Russia's Baikal territory will face trial for beating up two pupils who breached discipline, a source in the Baikal territory prosecutor's office told Itar-Tass on Thursday; Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.
According to investigators, having found the boys breaching the school' s discipline, the teacher, Dmitry Vitkauskas, beat them up, striking one of the boys over the head with an empty one-litre glass bottle. Vitkauskas admitted his quit and will face charges on office abuse and neglect of his teacher's responsibilities.
On March 4, the territorial prosecutor's office said it had instituted criminal proceedings against another teacher of the Urulga boarding school. Olga Kurkina, also suspected in beating pupils, was accused of improper fulfilment of teacher's obligations and child abuse.
Prosecutors blame the Urulga boarding school administration for neglect of its obligations; Kazinform cites Itar-Tass.