Man charged with harassment over emails sent to Derry school principal

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A 62 year-old man has been charged with harassment after what police described as “malicious emails” were sent to a Derry school.
The Department of Education (DE) said it was made aware of threats against Lisneal College principal Michael Allen and that it “strongly condemned” what had happened.

The man charged is due to appear at Belfast Magistrates’ Court on Friday, March 14.

A DE spokesperson said school principals had “the right to carry out their work without the fear of threat or harassment” and that it had spoken to Mr Allen and would provide assistance to him.

Lisneal College has been involved in a row over £710,000 funding of a new pitch that was given without the school directly applying for the money.

The Belfast Telegraph first reported that the school received funding for a new pitch after a meeting with Education Minister Paul Givan and others from the DUP.