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By Kathy Lehay, Saturday, December 26, 2009
As debate continues in Barbados on whether corporal punishment should be retained in Barbadian schools, a shocking video has been leaked on the internet showing a staff member of St. Leonard’s Secondary School brutally whipping students while in Guyana on a cricket tournament this month.
It is alleged that the teacher, a Physical Education coach, became infuriated when two students went to a club and returned to their accommodation late, thus prompting the abuse.
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