A teacher who described Islam as “satanic” and told pupils that “cocaine was purer back in the day” has been found guilty of professional misconduct.
The Teaching Regulation Agency panel heard that Patrick Lawler, who taught in Northumberland and Bristol, also brought the teaching profession into disrepute.
Mr Lawler previously featured in an undercover BBC Wales investigation into extreme far-right views among a group’s members in Wales and England, in which he said race war was “inevitable”.
Mr Lawler replied to the BBC’s request for comment but did not address the points raised in the hearing, instead giving his own criticism of the BBC.
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