He had bombarded the 18-year-old girl with WhatsApp messages, telling her she made him 'super hard' and said 'I'm extremely aroused at the mo.' 'The panel was satisfied that the conduct of Dr Sibthorpe fell significantly short of the standards expected of the profession. Messages sent to the her referred to photographs of her and suggested he was 'very hard'. He also received an explicit video of Pupil A touching herself in a sexual manner and replied: 'OMG, Hot hot hot uhhhhhhhh, wish that was (my) hand!' 'Dr Sibthorpe, on this occasion, seriously exceeded the professional boundaries and knowingly disregarded statutory guidelines, school policies and good practice.'

Source: Daily Mail July 19, 2021 17:03 UTC