Ex-deputy head banned from teaching after viewing child sex abuse videos

Richard Swinnerton had made use of the dark web (Picture: SWNS/ Evening Gazette – Trinity Mirror)

A former deputy headteacher has been banned from the profession after watching videos of child sexual abuse.

Disgraced Richard Swinnerton, 33, spent two years secretly viewing the sickening abuse of minors on the internet.

Swinnerton, from Middlesborough, admitted his offences and told investigators the footage he watched included adults raping children in 2020.

Officers found 87 Category A videos on his laptop ...