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Newshound
04-25-2014, 11:59 AM
Education authorities failed to take steps to protect staff and students from the violent, aggressive and anti-social behaviour of an eight-year-old Sudanese refugee who was in year 2 at a western Sydney primary school, a court has found.

The child, given the pseudonym "X", clearly did not belong in a mainstream classroom and should have been removed from the Bert Oldfield Public School at Seven Hills when his misbehaviour, including hitting and kicking other children, escalated and worsened, District Court Judge Leonard Levy said.

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