Bullying 'wasn't serious'

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From: Evening Standard - London
Date: 20001130
Author:ROSS SLATER

THE HEADTEACHER at Oliver Goldsmith school is certain none of his pupils was responsible for Damilola's murder and insists the 10-year- old did not suffer serious bullying at school.

As parents collect signatures demanding he take a tougher stand against bullies, Mark Parsons said he is "immensely proud" of the school's anti-bullying policy.

But the treatment Gloria Taylor said her son suffered there would not have warranted exclusions, he said, and he had not regarded it as bullying. Asked when he first became aware Damilola was suffering from bullying, he said: "When his mum came in. But ...

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